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1、Q&AakaSlumdogMillionaireVikasSwarupFormyparents,VinodandIndraSwarupandmylategrandfather,ShriJagadishSwarup426PROLOGUEIhavebeenarrested.Forwinningaquizshow.Theycameformelatelastnight,wheneventhestraydogshadgoneofftosleep.Theybrokeopenmydoor,handcuffedmeandmarchedmeof
2、ftothewaitingjeepwithaflashingredlight.Therewasnohueandcry.Notoneresidentstirredfromhishut.Onlytheoldowlonthetamarindtreehootedatmyarrest.ArrestsinDharaviareascommonaspickpocketsonthelocaltrain.Notadaygoesbywithoutsomehaplessresidentbeingtakenawaytothepolicestation.
3、Therearesomewhohavetobephysicallydraggedoffbytheconstables,screamingandkickingallthewhile.Andtherearethosewhogoquietly.Whoexpect,perhapsevenwaitfor,thepolice.Forthem,thearrivalofthejeepwiththeflashingredlightisactuallyarelief.Inretrospect,perhapsIshouldhavekickedand
4、screamed.Protestedmyinnocence,raisedastink,galvanizedtheneighbours.Notthatitwouldhavehelped.EvenifIhadsucceededinwakingsomeoftheresidents,theywouldnothaveraisedafingertodefendme.Withblearyeyestheywouldhavewatchedthespectacle,madesometriteremarklike'Theregoesanothero
5、ne,'yawned,andpromptlygonebacktosleep.MydeparturefromAsia'sbiggestslumwouldmakenodifferencetotheirlives.There426wouldbethesamequeueforwaterinthemorning,thesamedailystruggletomakeittotheseven-thirtylocalintime.Theywouldn'tevenbothertofindoutthereasonformyarrest.Comet
6、othinkofit,whenthetwoconstablesbargedintomyhut,evenIdidn't.Whenyourwholeexistenceis'illegal',whenyouliveonthebrinkofpenury(poverty)inanurbanwastelandwhereyoujostleforeveryinchofspaceandhavetoqueueevenforashit,arresthasacertaininevitabilityaboutit.Youareconditionedto
7、believethatonedaytherewillbeawarrantwithyournameonit,thateventuallyajeepwithaflashingredlightwillcomeforyou.TherearethosewhowillsaythatIbroughtthisuponmyself.Bydabblinginthatquizshow.TheywillwagafingeratmeandremindmeofwhattheeldersinDharavisayaboutnevercrossingthedi
8、vidinglinethatseparatestherichfromthepoor.Afterall,whatbusinessdidapennilesswaiterhavetobeparticipatinginabrainquiz?Thebrainisnotanorganwe
