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Watched

2008, the year when the echoes of Oscar reverberates in the neighbourhood. A.R.Rahman, the man who spills his songs everywhere from tv sets to tea stall radios. Slumdog millionaire, the movie that suddenly everyone wants to watch. I am no exception. The local movie theatre refuses to display a movie that needs subtitles to be understood. I am the most unfortunate person in the world. The rent store refuses to lend a CD to someone who doesn't have a VCD player. I am the most unfortunate person in the world. I do have a VCD player that has refused to work since third grade. I am the most unfortunate person in the world. Dad refuses to mend the VCD player unless he mends the leaky roof first. I am the most unfortunate person in the world. The roof refuses to stand firm as the monsoon continues to poke through it. I am the most unfortunate person in the world. The rain refuses to stop, making it hard for me to swim to school. I am the most unfortunate person in the world. The school r...