Becky Blab

Chowdhury’s at it again, this time with big plans to improve the status of the country’s 33 million widows. She would like to provide them with skills to earn a living, instead of living on the streets and begging in holy Hindu cities where they are deposited by their families. She also hopes to promote the idea of widow remarriage, traditionally frowned upon even by widows themselves.

Above is the trailer from Deepa Mehta’s film Water about the plight of a child widow. Note that this film was exceptionally controversial because of the subject and the approach taken by Mehta. It was even prevented from filming in India, so it had to be done in Sri Lanka.