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The schools didnt seem that bad

posted 17 years ago by roulin
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When Krishna was hauled into the boys’ school/prison I thought that he was being put into a child labour camp or molestation prison or something. It was regimented, but there was no sign of abuse, they had clean clothes and enough to eat. Yes, they were prisoners, but given what the movie shows us about children on the streets of Bombay, isn’t the school preferable?

And the girl. One imdb poster described her as “shell shocked” which I agree with. But again, her school looked much better than her day to day existence in Bombay. Her mother was loving, but she had a terrible life. To me the school/prison seemed like the better of two terrible alternatives.

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[–] pqrpqr 15 years ago

That's what the government thought too, but the children preferred freedom.

[–] spookywitchinasexydress 14 years ago

the institutions seemed better because the children were given stability and there seemed to be less danger for them, but Krishna still had the desire to escape and poor Manju went from being a fun-loving child to being silent and somber under the care of the state. i feel like her silence is important, although i am not exactly sure why.

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[–] Kelea7 12 years ago

Not to mention some of the kids were practically tortured by the other children. I imagine it would be somewhat equivalent to the group homes that children in foster care live in here in the U.S. Sure they have a roof over their heads, and stability as spooky (cool screename) mentioned but those institutions can be hell just from the way the other kids treat you alone.

And Manju was so young.

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[–] Kawada_Kira 9 years ago

They were tortured on the streets too.

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The schools didnt seem that bad

The schools didnt seem that bad