Dipika Maharaj Singh

Voices From The Heart - The Adoption Experience Dipika Maharaj Singh

A must read for anyone with interest in decoding the alchemy of adoption.




Within the covers of this book there are the voices of Indian families who opted for parenthood through adoption. Set in the backdrop of the Indian social landscape, 'Voices from the Heart - The Adoption Experience' is a collection of anecdotes from the parental perspective spanning the entire adoption journey. This includes the decision to adopt, arrival of the child from an institution, integration of the child into the family, sharing the fact of adoption, teenage rebellion, and young adulthood. The experiences in the book are rare insights into the hearts of a wide spectrum of parents, on their joys and sorrows, and their trials and triumphs in a complex and amazing relationship of emotional kinship and human compassion.




This book is dedicated to families around the world who went beyond the boundaries of biology to embrace an enriching form of kinship which is rooted in the depths of the heart and held together by the strength of emotional ties.




It is a tribute to my Gurus and Mentors whose wisdom and guidance have illuminated my path.




It is in gratitude to colleagues and organisations with whom I have shared fifty years in the field of child development and adoption.




It is a silent acknowledgment of lost birth parents who let go of their children in traumatic circumstances, whose journeys I have also shared.




Above all it is a tribute to countless young children with whom I have shared all the stages of the adoption journey, and whose experience and perspective have added volumes to my book of life...