Rajiv Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai-Slumdog-kids-gifted-flats/articleshow/4186711.cms MUMBAI: ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ child actors Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Rafiq can now leave the squalor of their slum homes, courtesy the Maharashtra government which on Tuesday night announced that both would be given a flat each. Azharuddin Ismail Shaikh Usman and Rubina Rafiq Asghar Ali Qureshi are residents of Garib Nagar slum in Bandra East, Mumbai. They played the youngest version of the lead characters in the Oscar-winning film and were flown to the US for Hollywood's biggest awards ceremony on Sunday. Chief minister Ashok Chavan announced gifting the two a flat each from the chief minister's quota. ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ won eight Oscars at the 81st annual Academy Awards -- almost following the fairytale journey of its hero in the movie. The Mumbai unit of the Congress party had approached chief minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday evening on the matter. Rubina's father Rafiq is a casual carpenter while Azharuddin's father Ismail trades in old furniture. ================== If all of them would have been given proper shelter, but look at the bindaasgii of Mumbai, they actually call a place Garib Nagar! vow, no issues just want to live their lives
Guest Hiten. Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Why is govt. providing them with the flats ? So what the movie that they worked in (for 15-20 mins) got oscars ...what about the other slum dwellers ? This is cheap stunt on the part of the govt. to earn some brownie points.
beetle Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Delhi govt makes Slum dog... tax free. How stupid is that?
fineleg Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Hype-driven economic benefits! Along with discrimination based on caste, religion etc, discrimination based on hype should also be abolished.
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