BBC film on Mumbai slums is "poverty porn", says angry India...

India plans to lodge a complaint against a BBC documentary on Mumbai slums, describing it "poverty porn" as it portrays a very wrong image of India's commercial capital and will affect its tourism.

The Indian High Commission in the UK will lodge a complaint with the British media watchdog Ofcom about the content of BBC Channel 4's' two-part documentary, the 'Grand Designs on Dharavi Slums in Mumbai' showing children living among open sewers, dead rats and toxic wastes.

According to an official, the High Commission in London granted a filming permit to Kevin McCloud, the TV presenter of the channel in the belief that he was making a programme highlighting Mumbai's architectural history. More...

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