Comments on: Oscar Child For Sale: Father Tried to Sell Slumdog Millionaire’s Rubina Ali

By: Ajan

Ajan — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:25:11 +0000

Good one Robert!!

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:28:32 +0000

Excuse me, DaveL???
“Makes perfect sense to me considering how their culture works.”
Just what is that supposed to mean? Please explain how “their culture works”? Way to go and make a huge unfounded generalization that Indians are immoral people who love selling their kids because that’s just “how their culture works”.

Get off your high horse.
Approximately one out of every 6 people in the WORLD is Indian, and India itself is comprised of many different cultures. But according to you they’re all immoral savages, apparently.

By: J

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:22:27 +0000

This is also very interesting. I notice I often get accused of being in la-la-land by individuals who are themselves in this so called la-la-land. It’s very intriguing to me and presents an interesting situation, because, these people are the ones who are wrong, yet they would swear to anything on this good green earth that it is the other way around.

This is my point exactly. The laws are generated by people with this horrible misconception, that somehow the work I put into birthing a child, rearing he or she, raising it, is somehow not my own anymore. How widespread these kind of laws are point to how prolific these odd views are.

Bless you, my son..

By: -H

-H — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:58:15 +0000

a) It IS illegal to sell your child precisely because you do not “own” your children.
b) Whatever la-la-land you live in, the same rules of child traffic and ownership do not apply to India.

-H

By: J

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:51:44 +0000

First of all, let’s get one thing straight. It is Not Wrong to sell a child, as long that child is rightfully yours. You have the right to do anything with that child as long as you raised it. This a common matter of confusion for most people I notice, no matter what culture they’re from…

By: Wok

Wok — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:08:31 +0000

Dude, the charges just dropped.

Update fail

By: misterplug

misterplug — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:44:58 +0000

I love Neatorama, I do. It’s an excellent source for quirky and beautiful things. But the source for this post is, by all reliable accounts, probably a pack of lies.

‘Nother update:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090422/ap_on_en_mo/as_india_slumdog_4

It’s questionable sourcing like this that makes me NOT want to read Neatorama on a daily basis, or at all. When I quit coming by here, the credulous blogging of stuff like this will be the reason why.

I know this comment probably reads as pretty harsh, but I swear it’s typed with love and respect. Neatorama, you’re better than this.

By: GQ

GQ — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:05:51 +0000

The News of the World is a tabloid and therefore not to be trusted at all.

By: R

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:56:28 +0000

This is irresponsible reporting. At least one version of the story claims that the dad’s ex-wife planted the story to get an upper hand in a custody battle, and that the dad was adamant that he would never ever do such a thing.

Neatorama, please check your sources before you cut and paste from the National Enquirer etc.

By: Jill Harness

Jill Harness — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:35:56 +0000

I think the thing that should really open our eyes is that the family is still so poor after the success of the movie. She should have a good chunk of the profits from the movie and thus, her parents shouldn’t want or need to sell her at all.

By: zav

zav — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:41:39 +0000

Six fifty and that’s my final offer.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:23:41 +0000

I’m reading conflicting reports about this story as of late. Either way, this kid really needs to get some support from people who don’t wanna exploit her – father and dubious news corps.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:34:08 +0000

Aw, man…if it’s true, that really sucks.

By: zerovoltage

zerovoltage — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:34:07 +0000

update? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_en_ce/as_india_slumdog

By: DaveL

DaveL — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:36:12 +0000

Makes perfect sense to me considering how their culture works.

By: david23456

david23456 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:10:55 +0000

there’s nothing neat about this story, neatorama.

By: phlyingpenguin

phlyingpenguin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:51:28 +0000

Something tells me that “News of the World” isn’t the most trustworthy news source to quote on something like this. I’ve seen this article being pushed on Reddit several times throughout the week, all from this exact same article and I can’t really find something that I trust to be true on the matter. The Chicago Tribune, for example, refutes the article.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-tc-ft-slumdog-gir l-0420-0421apr21,0,893300.story