Keen to be part of the euphoric `Slumdog' bandwagon, Congress has rightfully counted the eight Oscars as part of its 'achievements' of its nearly five decade reign over India. The party has taken credit for the 'Indian triumph' and hinted that such a momentous triumph wouldn't have been possible without congress government's continual gross mismanagement of Indian cities.
In an unmistakable resonance of the previous NDA government's `India Shining' slogan, Congress has floated the idea of a 'Stinking India' and said that the Oscars swept by Slumdog Millionaire symbolises rotten, stinking India - a poverty-stuck India which has emerged as a result of congress government's persistent efforts over five decades of governance.
"We are proud that in the conducive environment of bad governance provided by repeated Congress governments at the centre and in the states, India has become 'Stinking India' which has allowed us a moment of glory at the Oscars " he said.
Rejecting criticism that a rotten, stinking India was not a matter of pride and glory, but rather of shame and humiliation, Singhvi reminded that India was the only poor country in the world to receive such laurels. "Half the world is poor, there are countries poorer than India, but it takes a special kind of creativity to be so pitiably poor, so heart-wrenchingly poor that it attracts the attention of the best talents in the world and inspires them to make such brilliant movies."
Singhvi also defended the statement by her party leader, Sonia Gandhi that the movie 'represented the finest traditions of our film industry' considering that Danny Boyle, the director of the movie categorically rejected the claims that Slumdog Millionaire was a Bollywood movie by pointing out that it is a British film - 'very gritty in the beginning and very realistic because our film culture is based on that kind of realism which in Hollywood and Bollywood isn’t quite there' - due to its realistic style compared to the escapism of regular Indian movies.
"We shouldn't forget that India was the jewel of the British crown. We were the largest wealth producing country for the British empire serving as an excellent resource for raw materials and labour. Its a matter of great pride for us that even sixty years after independence, we continue to provide the Britishers with resources like our magnificent slums and allow them to win international laurels on our behalf." said Singhavi.
