真是可怕的新聞!
On the other hand,賣給好人家,搞不好比跟著這種狠心的父親過日子要好得多。誰知道這樣的父親會不會哪天為了錢而逼女為娼。
"Q & A"書中的女主角其實就是自小被家人賣出來賣淫的。好像是說,這是種習俗,在那窮困的地方,家中的一個女孩要出來賣淫養家。
我記得在電影"Water"裡,印度許多幾歲大的小女孩被賣給(或安排嫁給)"有錢"(比較有錢而已,也不一定真是家大業大到哪裡去的有錢)的老男人當妾,老男人死了後,這些小女孩就得進類似尼姑修道院之類的地方去渡過餘生。看這部片子的當時,心中就有許多不平不忍;對印度社會習俗對待這些女子的不公不平,對這些小女孩的悲慘命運不捨不忍!還有讓我狐疑不解的,就是對印度男人怎麼能和小女孩發生性關係?!這算虐童吧!怎麼有這樣的男人?怎麼有公開接受這種習俗的文化?!
這可能是我的偏見,也可能是我井底之蛙的淺見。
不過,這種事情好像在回教世界也很多。有次看這部Osama,是說12歲的阿富汗女孩,父兄因戰亂而亡,只剩母親相依為命。在他賴班(Taliban)的控制下,女人不能工作,甚至沒有男子陪伴不准出行。女孩的母親本來在醫院工作,現在既不能出門也無法工作。母親把女孩頭髮剪短,混作男孩。女孩被送去男孩的學校,最後因生理現象而被揭發。
女孩的下場當然不好,鞭打受刑後,接受制裁。為顯寬宏大量,主事者免其死刑,把女孩送給當地的"仕紳"當妾;當作感化教育吧。這個老男人大概七十好幾,至少看起來七十好幾,家中已經有好幾個小妾--大概都是這樣來的!看他興滋滋的豺狼餓虎狀,真是噁心不已,同時又替那女孩痛心!!我想,那個環境裡,當女人真是生不如死!!
"Water"裡的小女孩7歲就守了活寡。印度的尼姑修道院要自己養活自己,所以老姑子為了經營修道院就變成了老鴇,把美麗的年輕寡婦尼姑當妓女送出去給有錢人消費。其他的故事,這裡就不寫了。這位老鴇連這個七歲的小女孩也不放過,我看到那裏時,心裡的憤恨是難以形容的!!
在"Water"劇終,甘地在火車站對眾人演講後上了火車。尼姑院中好心的長者追著行進中的火車,邊把小女孩往甘地坐的火車上推給熟人,邊喊著:"Take the child, take the child, she is a widow. Take her. Give her to Gandhi. Let Gandhi take care of her."
當我看到甘地演講時,聽到了改革的希望,我的眼淚就流了出來。當我看到小女孩的未來託付給甘地,整個印度的未來托付給甘地,更是感動得無以名狀!
這樣的革命,才是有意義的!
最後螢幕上打出:"There are over 34 millions widows in India according to 2001 Census."
2001的印度還有這麼多的寡婦,她們還得面對如此不公平的社會地位和對待,真是可怕!!!
話說回來。所以我看到這則新聞並不是很吃驚,只是替小女孩的未來擔憂!如果真有善心人士願意收養這個女孩,也算是她命大。要不,父親已經惡向膽邊生,價錢合理下,難保不把女孩往火坑裡送!!!基於上述影片的影響,我是不敢說這種事不會發生的!
自言自語:
嗯,我實在看太多悲慘人生的電影了!!可怕的是,現在要我看沒大腦無厘頭的搞笑片動作片,竟然會看到睡著!!
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'Slumdog Millionaire' star Rubina Ali, 9, offered for sale ... by her fatherSunday, April 19th 2009, 1:39 PM
Adorable "Slumdog Millionaire" star Rubina Ali is back in the news - but not for her acting skills. The 9-year-old's father, who lives in a Mumbai slum along with his star daughter, offered to sell Ali for nearly $300,000 to undercover reporters from Britain's News of the World, the paper says. He is reportedly fielding several lucrative adoption offers for the starlet. "I have to consider what's best for me, my family and Rubina's future," cash-strapped dad Rafiq Qureshi told the journalists, who posed as a wealthy Middle Eastern family. Qureshi allegedly upped his asking adoption price for his apple-cheeked little girl during the negotiations because of Ali's star status. "The child is special now," Qureshi's brother said, per the paper. "This is an Oscar child!" Ali rose to fame earlier this year as the young Latika in "Slumdog." Break-out star Freida Pinto played the grown-up version of Latika. Despite the stardom, Ali's father reportedly said the family "got nothing out of this film," although director Danny Boyle has set up apartments for Ali and fellow "Slumdog" child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and their families, which will be available soon. Boyle has also set up a trust fund for Ali for her education.
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/04/19/2009-04-19_slumdog_millionaire_star_rubina_ali_up_for_sale__by_her_father.html
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