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slums stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - The makers of Slumdog Millionaire have bought a home for one of the film’s Indian child actors whose real-life shanty was demolished by the Mumbai government, Reuters reports. Azharuddin Ismail is now living in a “comfortable” apartment “in a good neighborhood near his school,” an... More »

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India • homeless • Mumbai • Danny Boyle • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail • shanty • Christian Colson

 Second Slumdog 
 Kid's Home Torn Down 

Ali's father beaten by police in demolition

May 20, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(AP) - The shanty home of another Slumdog Millionaire child star was torn down by Mumbai authorities today as they demolished part of a city slum where she lived. The stepmother of 9-year-old Rubina Ali, who portrayed a young Latika, the Oscar-winning film's heroine, said her husband was beaten by police who... More »

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film • India • Mumbai • demolition • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

 Slumdog Star's 'Illegal' 
 Home Demolished 

Family had lived there 15 years

May 14, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mumbai officials tore down the home of Slumdog Millionaire child star Azharuddin Ismail, calling the slum dwelling illegal construction. Ismail’s mother says the family lived there 15 years before police arrived unannounced. “We didn’t even get a chance to remove our belongings,” she tells the Telegraph.... More »

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India • Mumbai • child star • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail • Jay-ZTV

 Megacities Stagger India 

Out-of-control urbanization threatens to drag down Indian economy for years

May 13, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The explosive growth of India's cities is threatening to drag down the country's economy for decades to come, economists tell the Wall Street Journal. The global trend toward urbanization has gone into overdrive in India, but most cities aren't prepared to deal with the influx of migrants from the countryside,... More »

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India • infrastructure • Mumbai • urbanization • cities • Calcutta • urban planning • slums • Lucknow, India

 Dad Wants to Sell 
 Slumdog Child Star 

Rubina Ali's dad asks for $300k to adopt 9-year-old

Apr 19, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The family of Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali really is stuck in the slums of Mumbai, and her father may be trying to trade her in for his ticket out, the News of the World reports. The tab contacted Rafiq Qureshi, posing as a rich Dubai couple interested in... More »

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entertainment • adoption • India • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali

 Slumdog Makers Give 
 $740K to Educate Poor 

Fun intended to hush critics who call film 'poverty porn'

Apr 17, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - To combat accusations that Oscar sensation Slumdog Millionaire is a form of “poverty porn,” the filmmakers have donated about $740,000 toward a health education initiative in Mumbai’s slums, the Times of London reports. The funds are in addition to trusts set up for the movie’s... More »

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philanthropy • entertainment • charity • donation • poverty • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

 Slumdog Star 'Very' Sick 

Social worker worries about emotional effect of US tour

Mar 1, 09 3:18 PM CST
(Newser) - One of Slumdog Millionaire’s child stars is severely ill after returning to India from his whirlwind American tour, the Telegraph reports. Ten-year-old Azharuddin Ismail developed a temperature of 103 and started vomiting after arriving at his Mumbai slum home. His illness comes as critics slam the psychological effects of... More »

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Hollywood • illness • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • slums

(Newser) - Angered that his son wouldn’t play to a crowd welcoming 10-year-old Slumdog Millionaire actor Azharuddin Mohammed back to Mumbai, the boy’s father administered a public beating today, the Sun reports. Azharuddin arrived home yesterday following the film’s Oscar triumph, and had the day off school; when he... More »

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domestic violence • award show • Mumbai • movies • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • slums • abusive parents • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

 Slumdog Kids 
 Promised New Digs 

Indian government vows to upgrade housing for kids 'who have brought laurels' to nation

Feb 25, 09 1:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The two key child actors in Oscar-sweeping Slumdog Millionaire will receive new homes in Mumbai, compliments of the Indian government, Reuters reports. The children, who played the younger versions of the movie's main characters, "have brought laurels to the country, and we have been told that they live in... More »

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Hollywood • India • Mumbai • movies • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • slums

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