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...talking to me." Shamim maintains that Azhar's rudeness is just "immaturity." She says, "He is finding it difficult to cope with his father's death. That is why he has been inattentive at school and sometimes a little bit rude with people." (Watch TIME's video "The Real Slum of Slumdog...
...Trust was also charged with finding suitable housing for the children, outside of the slums. While Shamim and Azhar have moved into a new 250 sq. ft. apartment in Santa Cruz West, Ali has refused to move out of the slum, saying that 2,500,000 rupees ($50,000) is not enough to buy a flat. "I wanted to live in Bandra, as it is near to Rubina's school and I don't want her to travel a lot to get to school every day. Can you get a flat in Bandra for that amount? I asked them...
Asha has only been present for the past four years in the slum where Jain worked, and so many diseases and health problems are still rooted in the population, Jain said...
Nina Jain ’11 spent last summer trekking door-to-door through a Delhi slum, trying to find out which of the impoverished residents suffered from tuberculosis. There was one problem, though. She didn’t speak Hindi...
...They’re so brave—they’ve never left the slum and now they’re going to college and they weren’t afraid,” said Jain. “It was unbelievable...