Madhu's Story: Return to India

Part 1: Expectations

by Madhu Rollings
© 2002, All rights reserved

In 1995, when I was maybe 10 years old, I was adopted from an orphanage in India by my Australian family. In November 2001 my Mum and I spent a month touring my homeland. It was nearly 7 years since I was in India and this was my first trip back.

I wanted to go back to India because I wanted to see how India was. Had it changed since I lived there? What would it be like going back there now? And I wanted to experience the culture and lifestyle. I thought I would remember lots of things in India and it would all be familiar but I was wrong.

Before we got to India I was imagining how it was going to feel and what reaction Indians would have when they saw me with my Mum, a white woman. The kids in the orphanage would remember me but what would they think of me? I didn't think much about my birth family because I knew I wouldn't find them or see them again, so it's like I tend to forget about them but I don't mind talking about them when people ask questions. I don't really care how old I am because I've never known, so I didn't expect to find answers to that question on our trip.

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