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In
the first couple of minutes into the Aishwarya
Rai starrer, Umrao Jaan, there is a major
mistake! Umrao Jaan's father returns home and
washes his hands using a hand pump. Well, the
only thing that is unusual here is that the hand
pump is the UNICEF approved India Mark II pump,
the kind that is manufactured by S.K. Industries
in Patna !
Check it out :
http://www.skipumps.com/index.htm
Unless Umrao Jaan's family was in a time warp
and were buying their hand pumps in the future
(1980's), then it was a major mistake ! Well,
when the film producers run out of creativity
and have to resort to a 'remake', then obviously
attention to detail is not very high on their
list of priorities.
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Comments: |
Good catch, Aarcee ji. - Anil
Kumar - Dec. 6, 2006
Talking of hand pumps, I would like
the readers to be aware of the
groundwater arsenic contamination in
Bihar. The study conducted in this
region has shown that the water in
the tube wells exceeds the toxicity
limits, which on consumption may
cause cancer and other diseases.
Please go through this link of
School of Environmental Studies,
Jadavpur University to get the
detailed information.
http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/groundwater_bihar.htm
http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/causes.htm
Kumod Jha - Dec. 6, 2006 |
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