Even though it is quite sad that Preeti ended up in prostitution, it doesn't mean that her life is torture now and everything is miserable for her. I mean, it IS possible to still find happiness in a situation like that. Prostitution is not what one would want for oneself, it's a different lifestyle for sure(one more…

@schmerd: I wonder if they ever offered to fund these girls' endeavors in their own country? Perhaps then this young girl would have been able to get out of prostitution without having to move across the world.

@EaterLover: In some small way, do you think that assuming that all prostitutes are miserable victims is a sweeping generalization? I'm not bitching, I actually wonder.

@toothsome: Yeah... the smoke and alcohol on the breath doesn't make me think, "Good heavens, I almost thought this girl was in college!" Quite the opposite, actually.

@feather_spin: You are right, of course. It just seems that there is an unspoken assumption here that the only possible valid choice for Preeti to have made would have been to leave India and become a college student in the USA. No other trajectory in life is considered valid or laudable. I am not a mind reader so…

Anyone reading this article should also be aware that the film has been criticized for its failure to acknowledge the grassroots efforts already underway in the area portrayed and for the 'missionary' attitude displayed by the filmmaker who depicts herself as the first person to have ever paid attention to this area.

I'm surprised that so far the comments have been so condescending to Preeti and her mother. For now I am going to take Preeti at her word rather than buy the speculation of the article and reflected in these comments that she couldn't possibly actually be satisfied with her life. Also, she is not talking about Salt…