Girls from poor families of the ‘untouchable,’ or lower, caste are ‘married’ to Yellamma as young as four. No longer allowed to marry a mortal, they are expected to bestow their entire lives to the service of the goddess. Beeban Kidron Read Quote
Whether in cave paintings or the latest uses of the Internet, human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers. Beeban Kidron Read Quote
The film that changed my life is a 1951 film by Vittorio De Sica, ‘Miracle in Milan.’ It’s a remarkable comment on slums, poverty and aspiration. Beeban Kidron Read Quote
Vittorio De Sica famously made ‘Bicycle Thieves’; that’s the film of his everybody knows. Beeban Kidron Read Quote
