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Mar 16 2009, Somshuvra Mukerjee

“Slumdog Millionaire” is a hit across the world, but in India, protesters have taken to the streets to attack the film.

Some Indians find the word “slumdog” in the movie’s title to be insulting to slum-dwellers. More generally, the...

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A Bafta worker Hope (one name only) polishes a Bafta (British Academy of Film and Television Awards) mask at the Dorchester Hotel in London, Saturday, Feb.7, 2009, as preparations are made ahead of the Bafta awards ceremony this Sunday.