"Slumdog" Injustice

Is there no justice?

My first question is why is the family still living in the slum? After I somehow get past that conundrum I'm still faced with the ultimate in bad PR decisions...why on earth would the Indian authorities choose their home? Unfortunately I think the answers lie in two daunting challenges that India faces, the caste system and a labyrinthine bureaucracy.

From the AP...

The 10-year-old child star of "Slumdog Millionaire" was awakened Thursday by a policeman wielding a bamboo stick and ordered out of his home. Minutes later it was bulldozed along with dozens of other shanties in the Mumbai slum he calls home.

"I was frightened," said Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, who lost his pet kittens in the chaos.

Eight Oscars and $326 million in box office receipts have done little so far to improve the lives of the two impoverished child stars plucked from obscurity to star in the blockbuster. They have been showered with gifts and brief bursts of fame, but their day-to-day lives in the Garib Nagar slum - the "city of the poor" - are little changed.

After the latest misfortune, Azhar and his family will be spending the night on the muddy ground surrounded by the rubble of their shack