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  • .A teacher is taking care of a child just arrived in the morning to the school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India..
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  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is lost in thoughts during the celebrations for the Hindu festival of Durga Puja by the entrance of a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • Girls student are following a computer lesson at a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • .A child has been called with his mother in the teacher's office to discuss some matters over his studies at a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India..
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  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is overseeing a lesson at a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • Children are talking to their teacher after the end of the lessons at a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • Children are drinking purified water at a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is talking to a child and his mother at a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • A child is leaving classes after a day spent a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • A small band is playing during the Durga Puja festival celebrations in the courtyard of a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • A leprosy patient is talking to a doctor at the clinic supported by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • A mother has come to pick up her child from a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • Children are about to leave class after a day spent a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.A leprosy patient is talking to a doctor at the clinic supported by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • Children are following a lesson at a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is playing with a child in the courtyard of a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is celebrating the Hindu festival of Durga Puja with a teacher and some young student in the courtyard of a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is receiving a blessing and a garland by a community member during the celebrations for the Hindu festival of Durga Puja in the courtyard of a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
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  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is overseeing a lesson at a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_09.jpg
  • Children are playing during the Durga Puja festival celebrations in the courtyard of a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_03.jpg
  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is thoughtful while driving his rickshaw along the busy road of Bangalore city centre, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • The City Market is photographed in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. On these very same pavements Shafiq Syed, now 34, used to sleep and make a meagre living when he escaped various times from his father's home at the tender age of 11 to live as a street child here first, and then in Mumbai. It was during the time living next to Churchgate train station, in central Mumbai, that he was selected to become the main character for the cast of Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay. After the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he moved on to become a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Remains of Rubina Ali's house in the slum where she still lives with her family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India, are photographed after her home was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities. She is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Rubina Ali, 9, is the child actor playing the role of 'young Latika', the friend/lover of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • A woman labourer is carrying a bag of cement on her head while children are playing along the narrow shady passageways of the slum next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India, where famous child actors Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali, playing the roles of 'young Salim' and 'young Latika' in the movie Slumdog Millionaire, winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, still live with their families. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • A sad Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is sitting near his home inside the slum where he and his family still live next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is listening to music through his mobile phone in the slum where he still lives with his family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • The entrance of the City Market is photographed in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. On these very same pavements Shafiq Syed, now 34, used to sleep and make a meagre living when he escaped various times from his father's home at the tender age of 11 to live as a street child here first, and then in Mumbai. It was during the time living next to Churchgate train station, in central Mumbai, that he was selected to become the main character for the cast of Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay. After the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he moved on to become a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is arguing with his mother in their home inside the slum where they still live next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Onorevole Paola Concia, 46, the openly declared homosexual member of the Italian Parliament and of the P.D. (Democratic Party) is portrayed in her house in Rome, Italy, on Monday, 2nd December, 2009.
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  • Onorevole Paola Concia, 46, the openly declared homosexual member of the Italian Parliament and of the P.D. (Democratic Party) is portrayed in her house in Rome, Italy, on Monday, 2nd December, 2009.
    Paola_Concia_04.jpg
  • Onorevole Paola Concia, 46, the openly declared homosexual member of the Italian Parliament and of the P.D. (Democratic Party) is portrayed in her house in Rome, Italy, on Monday, 2nd December, 2009.
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  • Onorevole Paola Concia, 46, the openly declared homosexual member of the Italian Parliament and of the P.D. (Democratic Party) is portrayed in her house in Rome, Italy, on Monday, 2nd December, 2009.
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  • Onorevole Paola Concia, 46, the openly declared homosexual member of the Italian Parliament and of the P.D. (Democratic Party) is portrayed in her house in Rome, Italy, on Monday, 2nd December, 2009.
    Paola_Concia_01.jpg
  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is driving his rickshaw in the streets surrounding the poor neighbourhood where he now lives with his family in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is helping his wife preparing tea in their home kitchen inside a poor neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is driving his rickshaw from home to the city centre of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Children are playing inside the slum next to Bandra (East) train station, Mumbai, India, near the home of child actors Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali, playing the roles of 'young Salim' and 'young Latika' in the movie Slumdog Millionaire, winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • A slum section is photographed from Bandra (East) train station, Mumbai, India. Here, famous child actors Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali, playing the roles of 'young Salim' and 'young Latika' in the movie Slumdog Millionaire, winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, still live with their families. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Children are playing inside the slum next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India, where famous child actors Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali, playing the roles of 'young Salim' and 'young Latika' in the movie Slumdog Millionaire, winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, still live with their families. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • The busy road surrounding the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India, is photographed from a rooftop. In the nearby slum area, child actors Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali, playing the roles of 'young Salim' and 'young Latika' in the movie Slumdog Millionaire, winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, still live with their families. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is buying a local Indian tobacco product for his father on the streets surrounding the slum where he still lives with his family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, as the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is playing with a water pump near a drain in the slum where he still lives with his family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is sitting in front of his home along with his father, Mohammed Ismail, 45, (left) and mother, Shammi Bi, 36, (right) in the slum where they still live next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is playing with his mobile phone while sitting with two friends in the evening in front of his home inside the slum where his family still live next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is having a small discussion with his mother over his mobile phone in the slum where he still lives with his family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is laughing with friends in the slum where he still lives with his family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is playing with a water pump near a drain in the slum where he still lives with his family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • A wallpaper is seen on the kitchen wall of Onorevole Paola Concia, 46, the openly declared homosexual member of the Italian Parliament and of the P.D. (Democratic Party) in her house in Rome, Italy, on Monday, 2nd December, 2009.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is portrayed on a mirror with his mother inside her home in the poor Bangalore neighbourhood where he now also lives with his family. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is driving his rickshaw with his younger son, Nadeem, 4, along the streets surrounding the poor neighbourhood in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, where he now lives with his family. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is smiling at his daughter, Simran, 7, while playing with his children in their home inside a poor neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is playing with his three children and wife, (left to right) Nadeem, 4, Waseem, 11, and Simran, 7, in his home located in a poor neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is driving his rickshaw along a busy road of Bangalore city centre, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is driving his rickshaw on the streets surrounding the poor Bangalore neighbourhood, Karnataka, India, where he now lives with his family. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is parking his rickshaw in the city centre of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
    Slumdog_Millionaire_Salaam_Mumbai_In...jpg
  • Rubina Ali, 9, the child actor playing the role of 'young Latika', the friend/lover of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is smiling while on the streets near her uncle's house in the slum where she still lives with her family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Rubina Ali, 9, the child actor playing the role of 'young Latika', the friend/lover of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is playing with her mobile phone while two friends overlook, inside the slum where she still lives with her family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Rubina Ali, 9, the child actor playing the role of 'young Latika', the friend/lover of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is portrayed in the arms of her father, Rafiq Qureshi, 33, on the streets near her uncle's house in the slum where she still lives with her family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Rubina Ali, 9, the child actor playing the role of 'young Latika', the friend/lover of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is smiling while on the streets near her uncle's house in the slum where she still lives with her family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is enjoying his mobile phone while two friends overlook, inside the slum where he still lives with his family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is riding his bicycle in the slum where he still lives with his family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Shammi Bi, 36, the mother of Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is showing the cover of People Magazine with a picture of his child, the director Danny Boyle and the other child actor from Mumbai's slums, Rubina Ali, in her home next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is chatting on his mobile phone near a friend in the slum where he still lives with his family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is riding his bicycle in the slum where he still lives with his family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is smiling at the image of his deceased father inside his mother's home in the poor Bangalore neighbourhood where he now lives with his family. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • A woman is stepping into a rickshaw next to the Bangalore City Market, Karnataka, India. Near this very same place Shafiq Syed, now 34, used to sleep and make a meagre living when he escaped various times from his father's home at the tender age of 11 to live as a street child here first, and then in Mumbai. It was during the time living next to Churchgate train station, in central Mumbai, that he was selected to become the main character for the cast of Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay. After the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he moved on to become a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • A young boy, about the same age and in the same area where Shafiq Syed worked more than 20 years ago, is carrying vegetables on the streets surrounding the Bangalore City Market, Karnataka, India. Shafiq, now 34, used to sleep and make a meagre living here when he escaped various times from his father's home at the tender age of 11 to live as a street child in Bangalore first, and then in Mumbai. It was during the time living next to Churchgate train station, in central Mumbai, that he was selected to become the main character for the cast of Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay. After the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he moved on to become a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is playing with his three children, (left to right) Simran, 7, Nadeem, 4 and Waseem, 11, in his home inside a poor neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shaifq Syed, 34, (left) has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India. He still keeps the old poster of the movie and much of the media coverage from his successful times as an actor.
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  • Local children are playing near the remains of Rubina Ali's house in the slum where she still lives with her family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. The home was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities. She is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Rubina Ali, 9, is the child actor playing the role of 'young Latika', the friend/lover of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Rubina Ali, 9, the child actor playing the role of 'young Latika', the friend/lover of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is portrayed next to a small local shop while on the streets near her uncle's house in the slum where she still lives with her family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Rubina Ali, 9, the child actor playing the role of 'young Latika', the friend/lover of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is smiling while on the streets near her uncle's house in the slum where she still lives with her family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Rubina Ali, 9, the child actor playing the role of 'young Latika', the friend/lover of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is looking at the mirror inside her uncle's house in the slum where she still lives with her family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is arguing with his mother in their home inside the slum where they still live next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is exercising in the slum where he still lives with his family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is holding her daughter Simran, 7, in front of their home in a poor neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India, while his elder son Waseem, 11, is standing by. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • A melancholic Rubina Ali, 9, the child actor playing the role of 'young Latika', the friend/lover of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is portrayed inside her uncle's house in the slum where she still lives with her family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Azharuddin Ismail, 10, the child actor playing the role of 'young Salim', the brother of Jamal, protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire, the famous movie winner of 8 Oscar Academy Awards in December 2008, is taking his mobile phone back after having it shown to a 'friend' on the streets surrounding the slum where he still lives with his family next to the train station of Bandra (East), Mumbai, India. Various promises were made to lift the two young actors (Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali) from poverty and slum-life but as of the end of May 2009 anything is yet to happen. Rubina's house was recently demolished with no notice as it lay on land owned by the Maharashtra train authorities and she is now permanently living with her uncle's family in a home a stone-throw away in the same slum. Azharuddin's home too was demolished in the past two weeks, as it happens every year in his case, because the concrete walls were preventing local authorities to clear a drain passing right behind it. As usual, his father is looking into restoring the walls as soon as the work on the drain has been completed.
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  • Onorevole Paola Concia, 46, the openly declared homosexual member of the Italian Parliament and of the P.D. (Democratic Party) is portrayed in her house in Rome, Italy, on Monday, 2nd December, 2009.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is portrayed inside his home in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Francis, 76 years old, a woman living since 40 years in the impoverished area of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. She thinks the situation is getting slowly better in the area compared with the lawlessness experienced during the 1980s. Her grandson, who was part of a gang in the area has been shot three times in front of her house by the common drive-by-shootings carried on by rival gangs in the neighbouring areas. She is scared to walk to the shops in Heideveld because she could find herself in the middle of a gunfight on the streets, but she also acquired some confidence after the government decided to build a large police station just on the area's outskirts. She laments the increasing problems due to drug dealing and abuse amongst the youngs and, like most of the people I spoke to, the soaring rate of unemployment. "If the government helps us with jobs then the situation would b better" she believes. The US style 'war on gangs' protracted since a few years by the government of South Africa is not showing its fruits; on the contrary, critics has been made to it for the excessive penalties suffered by alleged gang members that overburden an already instable prison system, whether in many advocate a better development and education policy and programmes, rather that an open fight, clarly ineffectual on the long-term. In the mainly 'coloured' area of  Heideveld, where unemployment is rife, gangs are flourishing.
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  • Elisabeth, 62, a woman living in the area of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA, since about 40 years is scared to go out even during the day because of street gun-fight. She runs a little vegetable shop with her husband, Thomas, 64, in their house. She is portrayed while behind the gate of her house in Heideveld. They acknowledge the fact that thanks to the large police station not far from their house thing are slowly getting better, but also that law enforcement is probably not the right long-term way to curb crime, gangs and drug addiction. They favour development and education for the kids but till now the government of South Africa has promoted a effectual policy towards the area of Heideveld. Police incapacity to control the gang problem has also led to the increase of vigilante groups activity, people that feeling threatened to live in their own community has engaged a fight to the gangs on their own, often creating more hatred and dissent. With extremely high rates of unemployment, poor resources and too little authority control, ghettos as Heideveld are the best places for gangs to grow in activity and businesses. Targeting mostly young people from their area to carry on the 'dirty job', gangs in the Western Cape, and South Africa are an endemic problem in continuous increase in the years after the radical apartheid governmental system. 'Coloured' communities have lost almost all their help from a government that now is concentrated on empowering black communities instead. Segregated into ghettos and without state grants or development activities, people in these community are sometimes forced to join a gang or dealing drugs also to provide for their own family.
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  • Thomas, 64, and Elisabeth, 62, are living in the area of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA, since about 40 years and are scared to go out even during the day because of street gun-fight. They run a little vegetable shop in their house. They acknowledge the fact that thanks to the large police station not far from their house thing are slowly getting better, but also that law enforcement is probably not the right long-term way to curb crime, gangs and drug addiction. They favour development and education for the kids but till now the government of South Africa has promoted a effectual policy towards the area of Heideveld. With extremely high rates of unemployment, poor resources and too little authority control, ghettos as Heideveld are the best places for gangs to grow in activity and businesses. Targeting mostly young people from their area to carry on the 'dirty job', gangs in the Western Cape, and South Africa are an endemic problem in continuous increase in the years after the radical apartheid governmental system. ?Coloured? communities have lost almost all their help from a government that now is concentrated on empowering black communities instead. Segregated into ghettos and without state grants or development activities, people in these community are sometimes forced to join a gang or dealing drugs also to provide for their own family. Young gangster are also used for the worst crimes by the fact that, being still under 18 years old, they would face shorter sentences if caught.
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  • Abu Ali, a 69-years-old Bedouin man, is walking on the land leading to his olive trees in the unrecognised village of Sararat, in West Bank zone C (Israeli controlled), close to Jerusalem, the capital of the country. The Israeli government is forcing him to move from a land he lives in since 50 years. Part of the separation wall aimed at protecting the large Jewish settlements in the area has been planned to pass trough his propriety. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel..
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  • Abu Ali, 69 years old, and his wife, Em Ali, are standing on their land in the unrecognised village of Sararat, in West Bank zone C (Israeli controlled), close to Jerusalem, the capital of the country. The Israeli government is forcing him to move from a land he lives in since 50 years. Part of the separation wall aimed at protecting the large Jewish settlements in the area has been planned to pass trough his propriety. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel.
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  • Abu Ali, a 69-years-old Bedouin man is standing near his home in the unrecognised village of Sararat, in West Bank zone C (Israeli controlled), close to Jerusalem, the capital of the country. The Israeli government is forcing him to move from a land he lives in since 50 years. Part of the separation wall aimed at protecting the large Jewish settlements in the area has been planned to pass trough his propriety. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional semi-nomadic lifestyle is now threatened by Governmental policies.
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  • Bedouin women are studying Arabic in a charity-run local school in the unrecognised village of Gasar Al Sar, close to BeerSheva, in the Nevev Region of Israel. Women that have dropped school to get married even at the early age of 15, they are now having lessons imparted to them by local volunteers, in a way to educate and empower them. Poor education between the local Bedouin communities is considered one of the causes of their scarce achievements in fighting the Government back in their land expropriation policies. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel..
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  • Youngsters on the streets of the impoverished neighbourhood of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. Francis, a woman living in the area from 40 years is on the back; she has witnessed and has been threatened by the wave of violence affecting these communities. Her grandson, who was part of a gang in the area has been shot three times in front of her house by the common drive-by-shootings carried on by rival gangs in the neighbouring areas. Being in so close contact with members of gangs and criminal activity, youngsters are those who are most tempted to join a gang, which most of the time is also probably composed by friends and others living in the community. Making errands or favours to gang members is also common to the younger kids in these areas which are lured by the apparently easy gains deriving from the activity.  With extremely high rates of unemployment, poor resources and too little authority control, ghettos as Heideveld are the best places for gangs to grow in activity and businesses. Targeting mostly young people from their area to carry on the 'dirty job', gangs in the Western Cape, and South Africa are an endemic problem in continuous increase in the years after the radical apartheid governmental system. 'Coloured' communities have lost almost all their help from a government that now is concentrated on empowering black communities instead. Segregated into ghettos and without state grants or development activities, people in these communities are sometimes forced to join a gang or dealing drugs also to provide for their own family. Young gangster are also used for the worst crimes by the fact that, being still under 18 years old, they would face shorter sentences if caught. Drug abuse between kids as young as 12 is not uncommon, especially crystal meth, mandrax and marijuana.
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  • Youngsters on the streets of the impoverished neighbourhood of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. Here showing Marijuana worth 50 Rands (about 50 pence). With extremely high rates of unemployment, poor resources and too little authority control, ghettos as Heideveld are the best places for gangs to grow in activity and businesses. Targeting mostly young people from their area to carry on the ?dirty job?, gangs in the Western Cape, and South Africa are an endemic problem in continuous increase in the years after the radical apartheid governmental system. ?Coloured? communities have lost almost all their help from a government that now is concentrated on empowering black communities instead. Segregated into ghettos and without state grants or development activities, people in these community are sometimes forced to join a gang or dealing drugs also to provide for their own family. Young gangster are also used for the worst crimes by the fact that, being still under 18 years old, they would face shorter sentences if caught. Drug abuse between kids as young as 12 is not uncommon, especially crystal meth, mandrax and marijuana.
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  • Youngsters on the streets of the impoverished neighbourhood of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. Here in front of their house. Being in so close contact with members of gangs and criminal activity, youngsters are those who are most tempted to join a gang, which most of the time is also probably composed by friends and others living in the community. Making errands or favours to gang members is also common to the younger kids in these areas which are lured by the apparently easy gains deriving from the activity.  With extremely high rates of unemployment, poor resources and too little authority control, ghettos as Heideveld are the best places for gangs to grow in activity and businesses. Targeting mostly young people from their area to carry on the 'dirty job', gangs in the Western Cape, and South Africa are an endemic problem in continuous increase in the years after the radical apartheid governmental system. 'Coloured' communities have lost almost all their help from a government that now is concentrated on empowering black communities instead. Segregated into ghettos and without state grants or development activities, people in these communities are sometimes forced to join a gang or dealing drugs also to provide for their own family. Young gangster are also used for the worst crimes by the fact that, being still under 18 years old, they would face shorter sentences if caught. Drug abuse between kids as young as 12 is not uncommon, especially crystal meth, mandrax and marijuana.
    Marvin_Gangster_Redemption_08.JPG
  • Youngsters on the streets of the impoverished neighbourhood of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. Here in front of their house. (Marvin in the middle and former gangster Fuad on the right). Being in so close contact with members of gangs and criminal activity, youngsters are those who are most tempted to join a gang, which most of the time is also probably composed by friends and others living in the community. Making errands or favours to gang members is also common to the younger kids (?wannabes?) in these areas which are lured by the apparently easy gains deriving from the activity.  With extremely high rates of unemployment, poor resources and too little authority control, ghettos as Heideveld are the best places for gangs to grow in activity and businesses. Targeting mostly young people from their area to carry on the ?dirty job?, gangs in the Western Cape, and South Africa are an endemic problem in continuous increase in the years after the radical apartheid governmental system. ?Coloured? communities have lost almost all their help from a government that now is concentrated on empowering black communities instead. Segregated into ghettos and without state grants or development activities, people in these communities are sometimes forced to join a gang or dealing drugs also to provide for their own family. Young gangster are also used for the worst crimes by the fact that, being still under 18 years old, they would face shorter sentences if caught. Drug abuse between kids as young as 12 is not uncommon, especially crystal meth, mandrax and marijuana.
    Marvin_Gangster_Redemption_04.JPG
  • A family home in the slum surrounding Firozabad, renowned as the 'glass city', in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, has been transformed into a small-scale workshop where young girls are decorating the bracelets produced in factories nearby. Due to extreme poverty, over 20.000 young children are employed to complete the bracelets produced in the industrial units. This area is considered to be one of the highest concentrations of child labour on the planet. Forced to work to support their disadvantaged families, children as young as five are paid between 30-40 Indian Rupees (approx. 0.50 EUR) for eight or more hours of work daily. Most of these children are not able to receive an education and are easily prey of the labour-poverty cycle which has already enslaved their families to a life of exploitation. Children have to sit in crouched positions, use solvents, glues, kerosene and various other dangerous materials while breathing toxic fumes and spending most time of the day in dark, harmful environments. As for India's Child Labour Act of 1986, children under 14 are banned from working in industries deemed 'hazardous' but the rules are widely flouted, and prosecutions, when they happen at all, get bogged down in courts for lengthy periods. A ban on child labour without creating alternative opportunities for the local population is the central problem to the Indian Government's approach to the social issue affecting over 50 million children nationwide.
    Hidden_Youth_06.jpg
  • Judo students are paying homage to an image of Biranchi Das, the recently murdered coach of Budhia Singh, in his former Judo Hall, in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa State, on Saturday, May 17, 2008. On May 1, 2006, Budhia completed a record breaking 65 km run from Jagannath temple, Puri to Bhubaneswar. He was accompanied by his coach Biranchi Das and by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). On 8th May 2006, a Government statement had ordered that he stopped running. The announcement came after doctors found the boy had high blood pressure and cardiological stress. As of 13th August 2007 Budhia's coach Biranchi Das was arrested by Indian police on suspicion of torture. Singh has accused his coach of beating him and withholding food. Das says Singh's family are making up charges as a result of a few petty rows. On April 13, Biranchi Das was shot dead in Bhubaneswar, in what is believed to be an event unconnected with Budhia, although the police is investigating the case and has made an arrest, a local goon named Raja Archary, which is now in police custody. **Italy and China Out**
    The_Story_of_Budhia_Singh_15.jpg
  • Climate change activists are challenging the weather, and the authorities, by setting up a seven-day-long camp 800 meters from Heathrow airport to protest against climate change and the expansion plans for the airport on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, in Hayes and Harlington, England. Aviation is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK, and all our efforts to tackle climate change in other sectors are undone by the massive growth in air travel. Holding the camp at Heathrow aims to highlight the paradoxical government's airport expansion plans, target industry giants profiteering from the climate crisis, and raise awareness about the need to fly less. The camp also support local residents in their long-term struggle against the building of a third runway and the destruction of their communities. Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, has been the target of Climat Camp campaing in 2007. www.climatecamp.org.uk  **Italy Out**.
    ClimateCamp23.JPG
  • Boxes containing bracelets are photographed at a local street market in Firozabad, renowned as the 'glass city', Uttar Pradesh, northern India. Due to extreme poverty, over 20.000 young children are employed to complete the bracelets produced in the industrial units. This area is considered to be one of the highest concentrations of child labour on the planet. Forced to work to support their disadvantaged families, children as young as five are paid between 30-40 Indian Rupees (approx. 0.50 EUR) for eight or more hours of work daily. Most of these children are not able to receive an education and are easily prey of the labour-poverty cycle which has already enslaved their families to a life of exploitation. Children have to sit in crouched positions, use solvents, glues, kerosene and various other dangerous materials while breathing toxic fumes and spending most time of the day in dark, harmful environments. As for India's Child Labour Act of 1986, children under 14 are banned from working in industries deemed 'hazardous' but the rules are widely flouted, and prosecutions, when they happen at all, get bogged down in courts for lengthy periods. A ban on child labour without creating alternative opportunities for the local population is the central problem to the Indian Government's approach to the social issue affecting over 50 million children nationwide.
    Hidden_Youth_35.jpg
  • Climate change activists are protesting in front of the British police during a 24 hours mass action being held near the British Airport Association (BAA) headquarters, close to Heathrow airport, to demonstrate against climate change and the expansion plans for the airport on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, Heathrow, England. More than 1800 police officers were deployed to counter the activists in their plan to disrupt the BAA activities on the site. Aviation is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK, and all our efforts to tackle climate change in other sectors are undone by the massive growth in air travel. Holding the camp at Heathrow aims to highlight the paradoxical government's airport expansion plans, target industry giants profiteering from the climate crisis, and raise awareness about the need to fly less. The camp also support local residents in their long-term struggle against the building of a third runway and the destruction of their communities. Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, has been the target of Climat Camp campaing in 2007. www.climatecamp.org.uk   **Italy Out**
    ClimateCamp53.JPG
  • Climate change activists are protesting in front of the British police during a 24 hours mass action being held near the British Airport Association (BAA) headquarters, close to Heathrow airport, to demonstrate against climate change and the expansion plans for the airport on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, Heathrow, England. More than 1800 police officers were deployed to counter the activists in their plan to disrupt the BAA activities on the site. Aviation is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK, and all our efforts to tackle climate change in other sectors are undone by the massive growth in air travel. Holding the camp at Heathrow aims to highlight the paradoxical government's airport expansion plans, target industry giants profiteering from the climate crisis, and raise awareness about the need to fly less. The camp also support local residents in their long-term struggle against the building of a third runway and the destruction of their communities. Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, has been the target of Climat Camp campaing in 2007. www.climatecamp.org.uk   **Italy Out**
    ClimateCamp43.JPG
  • Climate change activists are challenging the weather, and the authorities, by setting up a seven-day-long camp 800 meters from Heathrow airport to protest against climate change and the expansion plans for the airport on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, in Hayes and Harlington, England. Aviation is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK, and all our efforts to tackle climate change in other sectors are undone by the massive growth in air travel. Holding the camp at Heathrow aims to highlight the paradoxical government's airport expansion plans, target industry giants profiteering from the climate crisis, and raise awareness about the need to fly less. The camp also support local residents in their long-term struggle against the building of a third runway and the destruction of their communities. Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, has been the target of Climat Camp campaing in 2007. www.climatecamp.org.uk  **Italy Out**.
    ClimateCamp35.JPG
  • Climate change activists are challenging the weather, and the authorities, by setting up a seven-day-long camp 800 meters from Heathrow airport to protest against climate change and the expansion plans for the airport on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, in Hayes and Harlington, England. Aviation is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK, and all our efforts to tackle climate change in other sectors are undone by the massive growth in air travel. Holding the camp at Heathrow aims to highlight the paradoxical government's airport expansion plans, target industry giants profiteering from the climate crisis, and raise awareness about the need to fly less. The camp also support local residents in their long-term struggle against the building of a third runway and the destruction of their communities. Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, has been the target of Climat Camp campaing in 2007. www.climatecamp.org.uk  **Italy Out**.
    ClimateCamp05.JPG
  • A girl is busy collecting potable drinking water delivered by a government truck in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
    149_Bhopal_Second_Disaster.JPG
  • A group of slum dwellers on the hills surrounding the tannery area of Jajmau are busy collecting fresh water being provided to the colony daily by the government in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The inhabitants are complaining that too little water is provided for the large population of the area, while in case of power cuts, a very common event in Kanpur, the pumping station can shut down completely for days at the time. Rows and arguments over water collection here are an unfortunate daily reality.
    Kanpur_Leather_Industry_41.JPG
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