Mumbai Slum stories:
Independent Candidates Rising in India Politics
Apr 30th, 2009 - VOA News
There has been a huge increase in the number independent candidates, mostly ordinary citizens, vying for seats in India's parliament this election, a sign of growing frustration with the country's two biggest parties.
'Slumdog Millionaire' star Rubina Ali's father denies he tried to ...
Apr 20th, 2009 - NY Daily News
The father of adorable "Slumdog Millionaire" star Rubina Ali is refuting an undercover report that he tried to sell his 9-year-old daughter. The story, published by Britain's News of the World newspaper.
'Slumdog Millionaire' star Rubina Ali, 9, offered for sale ... by ...
Apr 19th, 2009 - NY Daily News
Adorable "Slumdog Millionaire" star Rubina Ali is back in the news - but not for her acting skills. The 9-year-old's father, who lives in a Mumbai slum along with his star daughter.
'Slumdog' Makers Donate to Mumbai Charity
Apr 16th, 2009 - Washington Post
MUMBAI, April 16 -- The makers of the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" have donated $747,500 to a charity devoted to improving the lives of street children in Mumbai.
'Slumdog' celebrations fill Mumbai's slums
Feb 23rd, 2009 - MSNBC
MUMBAI, India - Children broke into Bollywood dance numbers and crowds cheered in the narrow lanes of a teeming Mumbai slum on Monday as they gathered to root for the hometown heroes who nabbed the Oscars' highest honor.
Mumbai Slum videos from YouTube:
3:39Mumbai's Slums—the Real Scene Behind "Slumdog Millionaire"
This is Dharavi, Mumbai's largest slum, and it's about to change forever. Once a mangrove swamp on the edge of Mumbai, more than one million people now live in these five-hundred-and-fifty acres. The residents of Dharavi are representative of India's larger poverty problem ...
3:13No Hollywood ending for Mumbai slum children - 22 Feb 09
Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, two child actors from the "Slumdog Millionaire" film, were saved from Mumbai's slums to play starring roles in the acclaimed movie. But while they have a ticket out of poverty millions of others remain trapped in India's slums. Al Jazeera's Matt mcclure reports.
1:17Mahalaxmi Slum, Mumbai, India
Indian slum boys gather around us or How our presence always created a fuzz.
