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Madhu's Story: Return to India

Part 3: What's Next for Me?

This trip changed the way I felt about India. I found out that things were different to how I remembered them, and India was not all bad. Some parts were bad and need to change, like the poverty and the pollution, but lots of things were great. I learned so much more that I didn't know about my birth country.

I don't think of myself as being different than my white parents because I'm brown or because I am Asian. I'm not ashamed or sad about my past. I'm not disappointed that we didn't find my village or more about my birth family - what I care about is that we tried our best.

All I need to know is that my family loves me, cares for me and having been adopted by my new family makes me happy. I always feel happy because I have tons of friends and family who care about me. I get a very good education and I learn new things every day so I will have many skills for life. I feel that I now belong to both Australia and India. I am very pleased with how I turned out from all that happened to me and there's nothing that I want to change about myself.

My future isn't all planned yet and all I am sure I want to do is travel. I hope some day that I will get to go back to India and see if it has all changed. I can't decide yet what I want to be in life but maybe I will have to just try many things before I find the right one for me.

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