{"id":555,"date":"2009-04-21T13:14:18","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T13:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=555"},"modified":"2009-04-21T13:14:18","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T13:14:18","slug":"rubina-from-slumdog-millionaire-for-sale-the-british-tablioid-needs-to-be-condemmed-for-the-sting-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/rubina-from-slumdog-millionaire-for-sale-the-british-tablioid-needs-to-be-condemmed-for-the-sting-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubina from slumdog millionaire for sale ?  The British Tablioid needs to be condemmed for the &#8216;sting&#8217; operation."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just worked with Rubina, the little girl from Slumdog millionaire -and  what a joy she was to work with. Happy and full of laughter, her smile would light up smiles for the whole crew, as she no doubt did for the whole world in Slumdog millionaire.(Of course she had a reflex response too. The moment I would say action, her first instinct was a broad charming smile and that slightly infectious laugh. It too me a little while to gently tell her that she did not have to do that all the time!)<br \/>\nI had been reading about what was going on with her father&#8217;s alleged attempts to &#8216;sell&#8217; her.  I was aghast though at the sting operation done by that British Tabloid, which instead of being condemned world wide is being heralded as a great piece of journalism !<br \/>\nNot a single thought was given to the trauma that the little girl would go through with world wide publicity that her own father was trying to sell her.  And what was the tabloid trying to do ? Trying to push a father to name a price for his daughter&#8217;s adoption ? To go to a poor man in a slum who has spent his life not knowing where the next meal is going to come from, and then dangle a few hundred thousand pounds in front of him to entice and entangle him into a negotiation for the adoption of his daughter ?  By enticing him to say those words that would make headlines all over the world ?  How dare they judge and manipulate other people and their moral predicaments from their comfortable colonial point of view.  I would rather have them arrested for obscene suggestions and offers than the father for coming to the negotiating table.<br \/>\nHey ! what kind of beasts are we dealing with here ?  And all done in the name of journalism ? Please look at the picture from the Indian Express (link given below), of little Rubina and her father surrounded by the police.  Is this the picture of a sensational little girl that lit up the smiles of  millions people all over the world ?   She looks like a little girl frightened out of her life by what is happening !<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.indianexpress.com\/news\/father-of-slumdog-star-rubina-ali-arrested\/449467\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just worked with Rubina, the little girl from Slumdog millionaire -and what a joy she was to work with. Happy and full of laughter, her smile would light up smiles for the whole crew, as she no doubt did for the whole world in Slumdog millionaire.(Of course she had a reflex response too. 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