Burney acknowledged the efforts by the Indian government to find the woman’s parents, adding it was aided by the success of the film in both countries. Well, we wish she meets her “Bajrangi mama’ who will tide over all odds to reunite her with her family!”
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Geeta now lives with Bilqees Edhi, the wife of Abdul Sattar Edhi, founder of Edhi Foundation, Pakistan’s largest and best-known charity.
Now 23-year-old, Geeta is believed to have mistakenly crossed into Pakistani territory as a child.
The woman allegedly lost her way in Lahore on a train from India nearly 15 years ago.
The efforts of Ansar Burney Trust seem to have yielding positive results after three years as Minister of External Affairs of India Sushma Swaraj tweeted to Burney that she had directed Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, to head to Karachi and meet with Geeta. Though she managed to recognise the Indian map on a mobile phone, she has not been successful in conveying any other information to the Edhi staff. Sobbing silently, she frantically points first at the Indian state of Jharkhand and then at Telangana, trying hard to tell something of her past that may be a clue for them. An Indian girl, who can neither speak or hear, crossed the border 13 years ago unknowingly and now wants to go back home but is unable to do so.
A separate prayer room has been set up at the shelter home with posters of Hindu deities like Ganesha. A former federal minister for Human Rights in Pakistan, Burney even made a trip to India in 2012, legally of course, to institute a search for the girl’s family, according to a Daily Mail report.
Over the years, Geeta has developed her own form of sign language and has indicated that she has 12 siblings in India, including seven brothers and five sisters. An Indian man undertakes the task and reunites her with her family in Pakistan.
The foundation activists persuaded Geeta to begin a new life in Pakistan by getting married to a Hindu boy.
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Geeta’s inability to communicate caused a lot of frustration and she was moved from one welfare home to another as she often tried to escape and quarreled with staff, Bilquis said. Amongst Geeta’s writings, the numbers “193” make a frequent appearance.
