It was very heartening to see that a documentary made on setting a birth defect right won an Oscar. Even in the 21st century people consider such defects an unlucky omen. very sad indeed. I would like to tell about myself who am one with a similar defect, now 56 yrs old. Born in '52 i had cleft lip and a cleft palate by birth. My father was then doing his medical intrernship at madras medical college and my mother was 19 yrs old.following the advice of his professor my lip was corrected when i was about 4 months old. however the palate surgery was done when i attained 4 years old at Vellore hospital by one Dr. Ferguson who then made periodic visits to India to attend to such cases. The surgery was partially successful. part of the palate remained unclosed.My parents didn't want to risk another surgery and so left it at that. at the age of 10 i started using a plastic plate to cover the gap which improved my speech. At the age of 18 the dentist i consulted at Chennai got a metal plate for the palate which to this day i use!!! I would like to tell all those who are interested in such cases certain important things. treat the child as normally as you would do any other child. My brother and sister and I grew up getting equal attention from all at home. i was sent to the best of schools and encouraged to pick up fine arts like music etc.at school i was the pupil leader and in college union president.I was always a good orator and now I am the principal of a CBSE school at Agra
Re: smile pinki
by Sanjeeva Kumar on Oct 02, 2009 03:46 PM Permalink
congratulations Anuradha for your achievements in life. May be you should blog regularly to narrate your experiences in life and what has been your approach to life and difficulties. You must know that you are unique and you have this unique responsibility of guiding others.
Kudos to Subodh Kumar Singh that such beautiful thoughts and ideals still exist in this otherwise material world. Kudos to Megan Mylan for letting us know about about Pinkii and Subodh Kumar Singh through this wonderful documentary. And Kudos to all the wonderful people in the smile train who working silently in the background to make so many Pinkys smile again. An Oscar truly well deserved!
Had it not been the Dharavi slums of Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh deficient medical services; these movies wont have seen the light of the day. Thr'the media they have practically shown us in poor light. Nothing at all to be ga-ga about!
Re: these awads have simply highlighted poverty side of the natio
by V T on Feb 23, 2009 05:09 PM Permalink
here v go again...blah!blah!....poverty....blah!blah!...poorlight...v should thank danny cos bcos of him an indian sound mixer & musician got awarded and recognised internationally.Wat if he had selected 'all white' behind the scenes cast??..A.R.Rehman is recognised globally now,and if its 80% of its talent 20% credit should go to danny,cos he gave him this oppurtunity and i'm sure should've have rooted for his lobbying with the juries.Not to forget Danny is an old player among the hollywood circles,so contacts do matter.Now criticising slumdog is an old story.Move on,look at the brighter side.
D. Goel , Pkl., afternoon, 5pm, monday. 23rd Feb/ 2009. It is of importance that we see thegreat work of this surgeon even though it is highlighted byShort film awardee Ms. Megan Mylan along with great achievements of Rahman and his film Slumdog Millionaire .We should see reaL GRACE OF SERVING THE AGONISED GIRLS WITH SPLIT LIPS AND THEIR LIFE CHANCES IT IS GREATER ACHIEVEMENT THAN MERE IMAGES OF SOME MILLIONAIRE EVEN IF HE HAPPENS TO BE FROM AMONGST THE REJECTS OF THE INDIAN UNDERCLASS. D. Goel
Now doubt that Slumdog Millionaire was a great piece of art our made in India piece of art was never talked about by many of the news channels. Isnt this heartbreaking just a one liner a the bottom of the screen as "Breaking news" cannot take the credit away from this documentary after all the film won an Oscar for the best documentary film. I think even though the film kept a very low profile the work is commendable... Jai Ho...
To all the ppl critisizing slumdog nd pinki....GET A LIFE GUYS.....YOU PPL ARE JUST PLAIN JEALOUS AND CANT ENJOY THE SUCCESS OF OUR COUNTRYMEN. I SALUTE ALL THESE GUYS WHO HAVE WON....COS THEY HAVE DONE THIS AGAINST ALL ODDS.....JUST IMAGINE THEY FEEL PROUD WHEN THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND BEAT THEM THERE....EVEN SO IN CRICKET HOME WINS ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT...ITS BEATING AUSSIES IN AUSSIE WHAT MATTERS....AND THEREFORE CERTAINLY WINNING IN US OF A AGAINST THE BEST OF STANDARDS IS GREAT....SO WHAT IF ITS PRODUCED BY FIRANGS.....THEY CAME TO US COS THEY FELT WE CAN MATCH OR BETTER THE QUALITY THEY EXPECT AND DONT FORGET THE ENTIRE CAST EXCEPT A FEW IS INDIAN......THEY HAVE CREATED HISTORY FOR THEMSELVES AND RAISED THE BAR FOR EVERYONE....AT THE SAME TIME GIVEN CREDIBILITY TO INDIAN TALENT....CELEBRATE THIS GUYS AND STOP COMPLAINING LIKE MORONS RATHER LIKE LOOSERS......I AM ALL HAPPY FOR THEM.....AMEN....
Re: get a life folks
by Charles Srinarayan on Feb 23, 2009 04:24 PM Permalink
Even Big B the great took a potshot at this movie bcos Anil Kapoor took the coveted role he had in KBC
