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Jan 8, 2008 4:25 pm US/Central
Madonna And Hubby Visit Mumbai
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Madonna was accompanied by her husband, Guy Ritchie. (File)
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Madonna visited a crowded Mumbai slum Tuesday, where impoverished residents showered her with rose and marigold petals.
Madonna didn't speak to journalists, and a New York-based
spokeswoman for the 49-year-old singer wasn't immediately available for
comment.
Millions of people live in makeshift huts in slums along railway
lines and roads in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment center.
Wearing a black jacket, T-shirt and jeans, Madonna spent nearly 45 minutes with residents of the downtown shanty township.
She was accompanied by her husband, Guy Ritchie, and Australian
author Gregory David Roberts, who made the Mumbai slum his home in the
early 1980s.
Roberts worked for the city's crime bosses and set up a free health
clinic in the slum when he took refuge in Mumbai after escaping from an
Australian high-security prison.
The slum features prominently in Roberts' best-seller "Shantaram,"
which is being adapted into a film starring Johnny Depp and directed by
Mira Nair.
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