Indian child actress Rubina Ali, who acted in Slumdog Millionaire, says she has lost precious souvenirs of the 2008 Oscar-winning film in a fire. The blaze late on Friday ravaged her home and scores of others in the Garib Nagar slum, near Mumbai's Bandra Railway Station. Nobody was killed in the fire but 21 people were injured and more than 2,000 were left homeless, police say.
via bbc.co.uk
A Mumbai Slum fire is on BBC. The structure of the narrative and the headline also clearly indicate the area of focus. Its funny how society reacts to celebrity of any kind. The Media aspect of the "Poverty Tourism" meme can be brutally cruel. But hey, isn't any coverage better than no coverage?
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