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Madonna, husband visit slums in India
Couple spends about 45 minutes touring Mumbai shanty township
 | Madonna, center, accompanied by husband Guy Ritchie, left, and author Gregory David Roberts, right, walk through a shanty town in Mumbai, India, Tuesday. |
Rajesh Nirgude / AP |
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MUMBAI, India - 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.
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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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