Disabled persons see hope in Jeeja adoption story

Kolkata | Thursday | 14th June, 2018

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TOIKOLKATA: Jeeja Ghosh’s tale of adoption has given hope to several persons with disabilities that they, too, can become parents.Esha Kar, whose son Atananta has a rare disease called Rot Cone Dystrophy, considers Jeeja a beacon of hope. Kingshuk Chakraborty is one of them,” she said.Chakraborty, who has cerebral palsy , toldthat Jeeja’s story has inspired him since childhood. Either biologically or through adoption, we want to have kids too,” Anantaa said. During that time, I was devastated,” Mukherjee said.That’s when he became close to Anantaa Ghosh.“He has been a family friend. “When I heard about Jeeja’s parenthood, I thought about two others I know who are open to relationships despite fighting their disorders..