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1、Q&AakaSlumdogMillionaireVikasSwarupFormyparents,VinodandIndraSwarupandmylategrandfather,ShriJagadishSwarup426PROLOGUEIhavebeenarrested.Forwinningaquizshow.Theycameformelatelastnight,wheneventhestraydogshadgoneofftosleep.Theybrokeopenmydoor,handcuffedmeandmarchedmeofftothewaitingjeepwithaflashin
2、gredlight.Therewasnohueandcry.Notoneresidentstirredfromhishut.Onlytheoldowlonthetamarindtreehootedatmyarrest.ArrestsinDharaviareascommonaspickpocketsonthelocaltrain.Notadaygoesbywithoutsomehaplessresidentbeingtakenawaytothepolicestation.Therearesomewhohavetobephysicallydraggedoffbytheconstables
3、,screamingandkickingallthewhile.Andtherearethosewhogoquietly.Whoexpect,perhapsevenwaitfor,thepolice.Forthem,thearrivalofthejeepwiththeflashingredlightisactuallyarelief.Inretrospect,perhapsIshouldhavekickedandscreamed.Protestedmyinnocence,raisedastink,galvanizedtheneighbours.Notthatitwouldhavehe
4、lped.EvenifIhadsucceededinwakingsomeoftheresidents,theywouldnothaveraisedafingertodefendme.Withblearyeyestheywouldhavewatchedthespectacle,madesometriteremarklike'Theregoesanotherone,'yawned,andpromptlygonebacktosleep.MydeparturefromAsia'sbiggestslumwouldmakenodifferencetotheirlives.There426woul
5、dbethesamequeueforwaterinthemorning,thesamedailystruggletomakeittotheseven-thirtylocalintime.Theywouldn'tevenbothertofindoutthereasonformyarrest.Cometothinkofit,whenthetwoconstablesbargedintomyhut,evenIdidn't.Whenyourwholeexistenceis'illegal',whenyouliveonthebrinkofpenury(poverty)inanurbanwaste
6、landwhereyoujostleforeveryinchofspaceandhavetoqueueevenforashit,arresthasacertaininevitabilityaboutit.Youareconditionedtobelievethatonedaytherewillbeawarrantwithyournameonit,thateventuallyajeepwithaflashingredlightwillcomeforyou.TherearethosewhowillsaythatIbroughtthisuponmyself.Bydabblinginthat
7、quizshow.TheywillwagafingeratmeandremindmeofwhattheeldersinDharavisayaboutnevercrossingthedividinglinethatseparatestherichfromthepoor.Afterall,whatbusinessdidapennilesswaiterhavetobeparticipatinginabrainquiz?Thebrainisnotanorganwe
