Mid-next month, Sushmita Sen has a very special rendezvous with the sex workers of Mumbai. Actress Ashley Judd is scheduled to visit Mumbai. The two well-known actors will join hands to create AIDS awareness in Mumbai’s most thickly populated red-light area.
Sushmita says, “Look at the work that Ashley has done for AIDS and other causes. It makes me feel so small. Acting is all very fine. But real life is far more important. A lot of us celebrities lose touch with our basic purpose, namely to use our names to further causes and issues that make a difference to underprivileged lives. Unfortunately, a lot of times our names and funds get exploited in the wrong hands.”
The experiences don’t seem to deter her as today she heads for St Catherine’s Home in Andheri to spend the day with special HIV-infected children. “Ideally I wouldn’t want cameras to follow me there. But then I realise the whole purpose of such interactions is to create an awareness about people who aren’t as happily placed in life as me or my daughter Renee, hence the absolutely invaluable role of the media,” says Sushmita.
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