International Political Will

There is one scene in Slumdog Millionaire – perhaps only 3 or 4 seconds long – where a man on the street looks directly at the camera and utters “no filming.”
I’m not sure why the director kept the shot in the final cut, but the scene demonstrates just how real the visuals are. The movie [...]

There are a few things in life that have proved true over time:

HDTV is not a good thing when watching news anchors that have had too much plastic surgery.

Permanently wearing a blue-tooth earpiece does not make you richer, more professional, or more respected. It just makes you look like you wish you were a part [...]

In a land of 20 million people – in which half do not have indoor plumbing – making a difference can sometimes seem impossible. The dire consequences of poverty in Mumbai’s slums cannot truly be comprehended until you have waded through monsoon puddles and raw sewage that collect in the pot-holed streets. The slums are [...]

My trips to the slums of Govandi in the swampland of Mumbai offer me a snapshot of life there. But only a snapshot. Only a glimpse. I don’t think I can ever truly understand it.
The train stops between two rows of tiny, dilapidated structures that line the tracks. The “nice” houses are made of disintegrating [...]