Daniel speaks with Savi Chaudry, a reporter with Australian Broadcasting Corp., who has been covering the Miss World Pageant in Bangelore, India. The pageant has provoked strong protest from many Indian groups - from the far left who believe it's a sign of consumerism and cultural imperialism, to the far right who believe it flies in the face of Hindu values. Today, Ms. Chaudry says, there were 10 thousand troops on hand to make sure the demonstrators didn't get out of line and that the pageant could go ahead tonight as planned, which it did, without anyone managing to immolate themselves, as some women had threatened.
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