Source: http://www.idiva.com By Vasundara R, Team iDiva | posted Oct 9th 2015 at 3:59PM Most adopted children grow up wondering who their biological parents are and usually only a few lucky ones are able to find an answer to that question. Elizabet Purve was one of them. Four days before she turned 42, Elizabet, a… Read more »

Source: http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com Oct 09 2015 : The Times of India (Delhi) Ambika Pandit Four days before she turned 42, Elizabet Purve, a Swedish national with roots in India, got the birthday gift of her life. Her two-decade-long search for her biological mother ended in a Maharashtra village on September 12. Elizabet was lucky . Many Indians… Read more »

ACT’s work on re-connecting adoptees and their families often brings us stress, worries, financial hardship. In short it costs us blood, sweat and tears. But this weekend it was, once again, raining happiness: NAGPUR: It was raining happiness when Varsha , 29, finally met her biological mother in a nondescript village in Bhandara district. It… Read more »

Source: http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com Oct 29 2014 : Mirror (Pune) Kaumudi Gurjar TWEET @ThePuneMirror Given up for adoption to a German couple, a psychiatrist finally managed to locate her biological mother after a tedious search spanning two continents and 10 years It’s been a 10-year-long search for Swati, a psychiatrist from Germany, to find her biological mother. After… Read more »

Source: http://indianexpress.com Monisha in Goa earlier this year Monisha in Goa earlier this year Posted: October 26, 2014 By Monisha My name is Monisha. I’m 29 years old and I was brought up in the Netherlands. I was born in a government hospital in Sawantwadi, Maharashtra, in May 1985. My mother was raped when she was… Read more »

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com Soumittra S Bose | Sep 14, 2015, 03.01 AM IST Anupama denies being part of Fahadh’s film!Roma, Anupama and Anusree in Comedy StarsAnupama to romance Nithiin in A.. AaBolt and Gatlin headed to Brussels, but will not meetGatlin wins 100m but pulls out of double Brussels bid Nagpur: Indian-born-Swedish-national 41-year-old Nilakshi Elizabeth Jorendal,… Read more »

Source: http://indianexpress.com Written by Mayura Janwalkar | Mumbai | January 15, 2014 10:51 Arnes, a resident of Höör in Sweden, had urged the court to order action against the ashram for not disclosing the identity of her biological mother. Arnes, a resident of Höör in Sweden, had urged the court to order action against the… Read more »

Source: Deccan Chronicle Girl meets mother after 26 years DC | Gururaj A. Paniyadi | January 07 Joyce planting a coconut sapling — DC Mangalore: It was an emotional moment when 26-year-old Joyce who was adopted at an early age, finally met her biological mother on Saturday. Though Joyce, who is studying law in London, wanted… Read more »

Source: http://m.timesofindia.com Sep 21, 2013, 05.05AM IST TNN[ Stanley Pinto ] MANGALORE: India-born Dutch national Martijn Boerkamp met his biological father in Mumbai on Wednesday. And the meeting went well. Against Child Trafficking (ACT) consultant Anjali Pawar who did the ground work for the reunion said: “In fact, Martijn’s father said it was a really pleasant… Read more »

Source:  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com Stanley Pinto, TNN | May 12, 2013, 12.52 AM IST MANGALORE: “Dear mother, I’m desperately searching for you. I understand that at the time of my birth you were in a vulnerable situation and could not keep me with you. But maybe today your situation has changed or at least you can meet… Read more »