Seriously? Another Slumdog Millionaire child's home was bulldozed to the ground without warning? Yikes. The Mumbai children who starred in that movie are cursed! (Of course, most of the Mumbai children who didn't star in that movie are also basically cursed.) From the AP:
The shanty home of another "Slumdog Millionaire" child star was torn down by Mumbai authorities Wednesday as they demolished part of a city slum where she lived.
Munni Qureshi -- 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 were supervising the demolition. She said he was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
"How can the police barge in anytime without giving us notice," Qureshi said, as she wept holding her forehead. Neighbors poured water over her to keep her cool as she sat in the scorching summer sun with Rubina.
"I'm feeling bad," Rubina told The Associated Press. "My house had been demolished. I'm thinking about where to sleep."
Hey, I don't want to be weird about this, and I know that the problems of abject poverty are complicated and not easily resolved, and I know that the plight of three individuals highlights but does not encompass the vast misery of the third world, but um, WILL SOMEONE PLEASE HELP THESE KIDS? Jeez. Supposedly Danny Boyle and his friends have set up a trust for the kids to access when they turn 18, and that they have tried to set up school and housing for them, but not tried hard enough. Fucking figure it out, you clowns. No joke.
