What episodes in "Starting Line" made you cry?

Kaitlin 2022-03-28 09:01:13

The kindness of the slums can directly poke at the soft underbelly of human nature

1. Poor and Righteous

This is not a point of tears, but the simplicity with the essence of poverty makes a deep impression. In order to bring the male protagonist to fully adapt to the poor life, Shyam led the male protagonist to queue up to squeeze the bus to go to work in the factory. When the male protagonist failed to squeeze into the bus successfully, Shyam was in a hurry and got out of the car and waited with the male protagonist. A bus. In the face of the male protagonist's salary being deducted, he gave half of his salary to the male protagonist without hesitation, because he personally felt the loss of going home empty-handed, and the guilt of his wife and son's expectant eyes.

The man who squeezes the bus
Shyam getting off

2. Respectful

The festival here is the integrity. Shyam knows that poverty is not the reason for the crime. He thought that the main man would rob the bank for his daughter's tuition, and forcibly pulled him back and preached.

The male protagonist "robs a bank"

Youshe, under the urgency of worrying that the male protagonist will embark on a criminal path for 24,000 rupees, Shyam deliberately touched porcelain, and at the cost of his life, he received 23,000 yuan, all of which were given to the male protagonist. In an instant, even the greatest evil will collapse and disintegrate. The male protagonist's guilt for pretending to be a poor man also came to his mind at this moment.

touch porcelain money
sacrificing his own shyam

3. Hate and have a degree

When exposing the poor men's clothing and the poor robbing high-quality educational resources, Shyam prepared to report to the school with hatred, but when he saw Pia, who was wearing high-quality school uniforms and smiling like an angel, he immediately My heart softened. Even if I felt the great injustice for my son and the suppression of my incompetence, I knew that no matter how much hatred I had for the male protagonist, it could not be grafted onto the child.

Sad, the helplessness and regret of a poor father

Perhaps, his poverty is like this, because of his honest temperament, he will never learn to be opportunistic or hypocritical, and only labor is the only way for him to make a living. However, the maximal goodwill of human nature is often hidden in the meantime, and at the same time, the greatest malice in the world can be most easily felt—the ruthless exploitation, plunder and oppression from the rich and politicians.

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Hindi Medium quotes

  • Raj Batra: My life is Hindi but my wife is English.