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The Slumdog Princess-The Mugals in today's India

Karma in action. Many descendants of Hindu zamindars are also a living example that if you do something wrong, somehow you can't get away with it.

In Odia we call Laxmi (Goddess of wealth) as "ChanchaLa" i.e very much unstable, moves from one hand to other quickly if you are not careful. In our mythological also it has been said that Lord Jagannath along with his brother also roamed for many days without food because of an angry Laxmi even though she is his wife!!
 
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I think it is a good thing the monarchy has died out. A society should aspire to be meritocratic and aim to have less power in the hands of government, religious figures etc.

Though we have a new aristocracy in the large conglomerates and financial institutions, who pretty much has the system in their back pocket
 
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I think it is a good thing the monarchy has died out. A society should aspire to be meritocratic and aim to have less power in the hands of government, religious figures etc.


Couldn't agree with you more, the key word is meritocracy, sadly, in democracy it's the tyranny of the majority, in which hordes of uneducated and incompetent crowd decides who should run the country:\
 
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as they say in my holybook if u do something bad in ur life ur descendants will also suffer

Ahh there is nothing as Such in Hinduism ... U are the only one who would have to suffer for ur actions Be it in this Life or after life ...

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Couldn't agree with you more, the key word is meritocracy, sadly, in democracy it's the tyranny of the majority, in which hordes of uneducated and incompetent crowd decides who should run the country:\

Sadly this is the state of affair in most of the south Asian Countries and the political parties in these countries want people to remain so as pointed by you, so that they can fool people and rule!!
 
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Sadly this is the state of affair in most of the south Asian Countries and the political parties in these countries want people to remain so as pointed by you, so that they can fool people and rule!!

And the votes will keep selling for a biryani plate or ghee ka dabba or sometimes even less, ie, emotions...
 
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This reminds me of the movie - The Last emperor .

Better if these aristocrats end up living like common people.
 
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Couldn't agree with you more, the key word is meritocracy, sadly, in democracy it's the tyranny of the majority, in which hordes of uneducated and incompetent crowd decides who should run the country:\

I cannot speak for Pakistan, but what i have observed in India is that the majority of the people are economically illiterate. They tend to have a knee jerk reaction to foreign investment.

Even though India needs more foreign investment. India is still a very hostile country to foreign businesses.
 
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I cannot speak for Pakistan, but what i have observed in India is that the majority of the people are economically illiterate. They tend to have a knee jerk reaction to foreign investment.

Even though India needs more foreign investment. India is still a very hostile country to foreign businesses.

In Pakistan, people are not hostile to foreign investment at all but it hardly matters in voting criteria, what matters is community and "this guy will build the street in front of my home", even if on national level and in high level policy matters they are the most incompetent. The problem might be attributed to lack of local governments, people want national assembly reps to solve their petty municipal issues and that becomes a benchmark to some extent when it should not be.
 
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Last post. What I find admirable in western nations is the emphasis on individual assertion, enlightened self-interest, rationalism and an emphasis on scientific enquiry and discovery rather than religiosity permeating every aspect of your life.

Even though the financial crisis exposed the West's weaknesses in terms of being greedy and selfish to a breaking point, in terms of India as rabindranath Tagore said before, Indians can benefit a lot from taking the best bits of western civilizatin and synthesizing it with theor own culture.

Instead, they took everything bad from the west, and mixed it with bad in the Indian culture
 
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slum dogs belongs to india ?? when ever i read this word india comes into my mind poor people
 
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Um... So what?

Should they get special treatment or something?

Finally some sensible post
If they want to receive some special Pension just becuz they are Granddaughters of this or that king
Then they should also be tried for Crimes committed by those barbaric hordes

Millions of people are living in this condition why should they Receive any better treatment
& Besides we have only one Prince
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The slumdog princess: How the descendant of the Indian Moghul rulers who built the Taj Mahal now lives in desperate poverty in Kolkata



Sultana Begum, 60, married the great-grandson of Bahadur Shah Zafar

Descendants of the last Mughal emperor survive on a pension of £60

Their home is a two-room hut in a bleak shantytown in Kolkatta


Her ancestors would have lived in luxurious palaces while they ruled over a vast and wealthy empire.
But Sultana Begum's lifestyle is a far cry from the conditions enjoyed by the rulers of the Mughal empire.
She is confined to life in a slum on the outskirts of Kolkatta (once known as Calcutta).
The 60-year-old is the great grand daughter-in-law of the last emperor of India, Bahadur Shah Zafar, and struggles to make ends meet on a basic pension, despite her royal heritage.


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Ever since the death of her husband Prince Mirza Bedar Bukht in 1980, Sultana has descended into a life of poverty.
The Mughal heiress is forced to live in a tiny two-room hut in Howrah, a slum area of Kolkatta. She shares a kitchen with her neighbours and washes in the street using water from public taps.
Despite evidence that she is related to the 19th century royal family, Sultana goes about her daily life on a basic pension of just £60 a month.
Sultana, who lives with her only unmarried daughter, Madhu Begum, said: 'We have been living, but God knows how.
'My other daughters and their husbands are poor people, they barely survive themselves so cannot help us.'
She receives £60 (6,000 rupees) a month as part of her pension, which covers herself and her six children, five daughters and one son.
In recent years her plight has been highlighted by a number of campaigners, who lobbied authorities to provide more care for India's royal descendants, many of whom were left with nothing after British rule ended the Mughal dynasty.
The Mughal dynasty from which Sultana is descended contributed a vast architectural legacy to the Indian sub-continent throughout the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
The Taj Mahal is one of the finest examples of monuments built by the Muslim emperors but the Mughals also built the Red Fort, the Agra Fort and the Lahore Shalimar Gardens most of which are now UNESCO world heritage sites.
But Sultana has spent years petitioning central and state governments to help her with basic living arrangements and a pension.
To date the government has provided a job for her grand-daughter Roshan Ara, who receives a salary of £150.
But many other family members, who are illiterate, failed basic government tests when offered jobs.
Instead, Sultana spent years running a small tea hut, before it was shut down and she turned her attentions to producing ladies clothing.
Sultana added: 'I am grateful there are some who have come forward to help me.
'My husband, the late Muhammad Bedar Bakht who was the son of Jamshid Bakht and grandson of Jawan Bakht, used to tell me that we come from respectable royal families who never begged for a living.
'I have always asked governments to provide me what my family deserves.'
Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, the great-grandfather of Sultana's husband, was placed on the throne in 1837. He was the last of the Mughal emperors who ruled India for three centuries.
In 1857, when Indian soldiers unified and mutinied against their British masters, Bahadur Shah Zafar was declared their commander-in-chief.
But when the uprising was crushed by the British in 1858, he was exiled to Rangoon, where he lived for five years until his death at at the age of 87.

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Poverty: Sultana Begum, the great grand daughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, is living in a tiny, two-room home in Howrah, India.


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Slum: Sultana Begum washes dishes outside her tiny two-bedroom home while Parbant Singh Maihari is seen taking a stand-up bath in West Bengal, India


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Career: Sultana Begum is pictured (right) hanging onto a tree at the side of the busy Howrah Road where she used have a tea stall


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Nostalgia An illustration the last emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II alongside a photo in the Begum household

For more details and pics:- The last Mughal emperor was her ancestor but Sultana Begum is forced to live in a slum, washes in the street and struggles to feed herself and her children | Mail Online

They are living in a pathetic condition.:tdown:

Poverty is hard no matter on whom is it on. Sad to see the change of social change do this to people. I hope our future generations would have it better. Amen.
 
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