Slum child for sale

"Slumdog Millionaire" star Rubina Ali is back in the slums of India and allegedly up for sale. Reporters posing as tourists looking to adopt the now famous 9 year old say her father wanted nearly $300,000 for the girl.

The father now says he was just being polite ...that you don't say 'no' to guests.

$10 Laptop -- Update

After I posted something about the $10 laptop (below), Bina sent me an article which explained that the $10 laptop in question is a nearly useless brick.

The article goes on to describe the device as "a white brick-like device, purportedly measuring 10 inches by 5 inches, with various wires running out of it and what appeared to be a small monochrome LCD screen on the top. There was no keyboard and no usable display."


The "Sakshat", $10 "Laptop"; and the 1st generation iPod (2001)

$10 Laptop!

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) strives to make computer access affordable to children in developing countries. Their effort to design an extremely affordable (and durable) laptop yielded the XO Laptop, which goes for $199.

But for governments and regular people looking to buy something even more affordable: consider the $10 laptop, which might be going on sale soon in India. Actually the initial price might be as much as $20, sort of like how the iPhone was discounted after initial release.

Slumperson Millionaire II

Follow up:

A person protesting the word "dog" in the movie title "Slumdog Millionaire" has named some stray dogs after the film's directors and stars.