Brothers’ au revoir to Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: When Vinayak, 6 (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/6), started speaking in broken French at Shishu Gruh

on Wednesday, Jeremy and Madeline Platin, residents of Pont De L’Arche in northern France, had tears in their eyes. Their fouryear wait to adopt children from India ended with the formalities of adoption getting completed. The couple will fly to France

from Delhi on Wednesday night with Vinayak, 6, and Vignesh (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/and-Vignesh), 5

(https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/5).

The brothers, mention Shishu Gruh officials, were found from near Kubernagar railway crossing exactly a year ago in April 2018.

Police tried to trace their parents and came to know that they had lost their father early in life and their mother had died a few

days before they were found. A body in Civil Hospital was eventually identified as their mother.

Ritesh Dave, superintendent of Shishu Gruh at Paldi, said,“The only condition we had in mind was, they should be adopted

together. About five to seven couples from India had been approached. Later the kids were put in the common pool – open to

foreigners,” he said.

With help of an interpreter, Jeremy Platin said that his father had spent some time in India and thus when they expressed their

wish for adoption, his father suggested to search in India. The adoption took place in presence of city police commissioner A K

Singh, Shishu Gruh board chair C K Patel and other dignitaries.

Wednesday morning also remained memorable for the Shishu Gruh kids as the Platins arrived with a cake as a farewell gesture.

Vismay Shah was present at send-off!

Among those present for the adoption of the two brothers was hit-and-run convict Vismay Shah. The young man who was

arrested along with his newly wed wife on Christmas eve last year under new prohibition law had offered community service at

Shishu Gruh as part of his bail condition.

Box of memories goes with them

The Shishu Gruh has packed a box of memories which contains the clothes worn by the brothers when they were first found,

the black threads worn by them, four pairs of clothes and text books and notebooks used in the children's home.

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