QUICK TAKES - May 30, 2009
The government will give the two impoverished child stars of the hit movie “Slumdog Millionaire” new homes, the state’s top official said Friday, creating the possibility that the homeless children will soon own not one but two new apartments.
Rubina Ali, 9, and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 10, both lost their homes this month when authorities demolished parts of their slum in Mumbai.
Ashok Chavan, the chief minister of the state of Maharashtra, said he approved the transfer of two government apartments to the children on Friday. Their former neighbors in the slums, however, won’t be so lucky.
“Accommodating everybody is not possible,” Chavan said.
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