Geeta, a hearing and speech impaired woman who returned to India from Pakistan in 2015, is set to take her Class 8 examination with the Madhya Pradesh State Open School Education Board. Supported by NGOs and online classes, Geeta aims to become financially independent and eligible for government jobs under the disability quota. The exams will be held from May 21 to May 28, 2024.
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The dream of the late Minister of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to help a deaf-mute girl -- who had strayed into Pakistan some 20 years ago -- reunite with her family, was finally fulfilled here last week.
The girl, named as 'Geeta', 29, returned to her home in Parbhani, after a frantic search of over five years since Sushma Swaraj ensured her repatriation to India in 2015, and reunited with family, feeling safe, sound and smiling with joy.
This is the second such reunion witnessed in two different districts of Maharashtra in the past two months which moved the people of the state.
Meena Pandhare, a woman from Jintur in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, has claimed that Geeta is her daughter, which will now be confirmed after a DNA test.
Sushma Swaraj's dream realised: Lost in Pakistan, Geeta reunited with mother
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Last Updated: Mar 11, 2021, 02:25 PM IST
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After she landed in India over six years ago, a massive nationwide search was launched by the government, semi-government agencies, NGOs like the Anand Service Society (ASS) of Indore, which was handed Geeta's custody in July 2020.
The girl, named 'Geeta', 29, returned to her home in Parbhani, after a frantic search of over five years since Sushma Swaraj ensured her repatriation to India in 2015.
The dream of the late Minister of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to help a deaf-mute girl -- who had strayed into Pakistan some 20 years ago -- reunite with her family, was finally fulfilled here last week.
The dream of the late Minister of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to help a deaf-mute girl -- who had strayed into Pakistan some 20 years ago -- reunite with her family, was finally fulfilled here last week.The girl, named as 'Geeta', ...