Slumdog Millionaire...

Slumdog Millionaire just picked up a bag full of Oscars. The low budget film hits all the right spots..love...betrayl..struggle and great direction by Danny Boyle. The film shows us the human struggle to survive in the Indian city of Mumbai in often abject poverty. A couple of years ago while staying in Cape Town with my son we witnessed the poverty on a daily basis in the shanty towns scattered throughout the city. Driving home one evening we were stopped at the traffic lights when a young guy came begging at the car window. I said hello .. gave him some money. His eyes lit up and he smiled happily . As we moved on I turned to my son and said"It could have been you". He understood what I meant.