BBC纪录片《印度欢迎你Welcome.to.India》3集全
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Learning how to survive on an increasingly crowded planet is probably our
ultimate challenge. But there is one place, home to over a sixth of the
world’s population, which is already making a good shot at adapting: welcome
to India. This observational series casts aside the usual preconceptions about
the sub-continent, and lets a few of India’s 1.2 billion show how their world
really works.
With astonishing access into the densest districts of Kolkata and Mumbai, it
celebrates the impressive resourcefulness, resilience and absolute pragmatism
of those living and working there, and reveals the psyche needed to get ahead
in the biggest of crowds.
Part 1.
This episode follows two main characters as they employ all their ingenuity to
carve out a home. With more people moving to cities in India than anywhere
else on earth, securing that place you can call home is vital for nurturing
your family’s future.
Part 2.
Johora started out as a rag-picker, but through building a bottle recycling
business on a railway embankment, she has big ambitions for her family of
seven kids. And it is not just small waste. Kanye uses a blowtorch to cut up
ships discarded by the rest of the world, helping satisfy India’s thirst for
steel. And Ashik buys up beef fat from the abattoir, and proudly renders it
down to make tallow. It looks disgusting, even before he is plagued by a
maggot infestation. But this thrifty use of ‘waste’ may well be destined for
your soap or cosmetics.
Part 3.
With India destined to become the most populous nation on earth by 2026, you
have got to be highly tactical in your search for a better life. It is not
just about you and your dreams today - it is about the family over generations
to come. Prakash and Mangesh are brothers in their early twenties from an
illegal settlement surrounded by the buzz of downtown Mumbai. Prakash is
deckhand on a yacht while striving to realise his dream and launch a Bollywood
career. But his family make it clear his sole purpose is to earn enough to
fund in their joint future: his brother Mangesh’s course in software
engineering. Swapan, a merchant in a hectic fish market, works so hard for his
family’s future that his wife knows he is ruining his health. And Sujit, who
crafts disposable clay tea cups in Kolkata, hardly dares dream of seeing his
family hundreds of miles away.
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