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Case studies It has been exactly 375 days since Geet Oberoi of Orkids, a special education centre in New Delhi, become mum to one-year-old Indya Priyadarshini. Geet is a single mum who waited for almost two and a half years before her dream of taking a daughter home was realized. "By the time I hit the big 30, I knew that I was not likely to marry. But I did want a child, in fact three, and felt that there was no need to wait until marriage happened, to become a mum. Adoption was the answer for me," says the 35-year-old. With support from her mother and sisters, Oberoi filed adoption papers and says that her own mother was a real source of strength as far as taking the decision to be a single adoptive mother was concerned. "She was the one who told all our relatives and friends that since I was doing well in my career, there was no need for me to wait till I was married to become a mum. Being a single mother of sorts herself (Kamlesh Oberoi was widowed when Geet was only five-years-old and has brought up her three daughters, Geet and her twin sisters, almost single-handedly), my mother always felt that I would do justice to a child I brought home." With Indya, Geet says her life has become more meaningful and rich. "In a couple of months, I intend to file papers to get home another daughter. Wish me luck." Seema Chowdhry Sharma |
