An Indian schoolgirl who escaped destitution to become a poster-child at Wimbledon after starring in an Oscar-winning documentary is back in poverty and lives in a house with no door. Pinki Sonkar, ...
Didn’t get around to seeing all last year’s Oscar winners? Never mind, one of them may come to you, free, on DVD. In an unusual marketing move, the producers of Smile Pinki, which won the Oscar in ...
An Indian schoolgirl who shot to fame after starring in an Oscar-winning documentary has told how her 'Cinderella fairytale' was over 'in no time' and she was plunged back into a life 'full of pain, ...
Sometimes amid the hullabaloo of big stars and production numbers and who's-wearing-what on Oscar night, it can be easy to forget -- or at least overlook -- some of the fine work being done in less ...
RAMPUR DHABAHI, India (Reuters Life!) - She's not as famous as the child actors of "Slumdog Millionaire," but Pinki Sonkar is a legend in the Indian village that once ostracized her, thanks to ...
The Georgetown community had reason to smile last Sunday night as Georgetown alum Megan Mylan (SFS ’92) ascended the stage at the Kodak Theatre to accept an Academy Award. Amid Hollywood’s elite, ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - Forget "Slumdog Millionaire." Two documentary films shot in India are also eyeing Oscar glory this month. "The Final Inch," a short film on the battle against polio, and ...
Kids From Smile Pinki Faring Way Better Than Ones From SlumdogMemo to impoverished Indian children: be from the movie that won the Best Documentary Oscar, not Best Picture.
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