A few days after we saw pictures of the‘slumdogs’ donning tuxedos and dining at the Governor’s banquet in LosAngeles, newspapers ran a picture of Azharuddin Ismail, the youngest of the castwho played the lead role of Slumdog Millionaire, having his meal bylamplight in a Mumbai shack. The show is over kid, you are back where youbelong. Harsh words those may sound like, but could reality have been anydifferent?