Mangaluru: Maddur man finds his mother, lost 14 years ago, at nursing home in Kulshekhara
Mangaluru: White Doves Psychiatric Nursing and Destitute Home in Kulshekhara was witness to another heartwarming moment on Sunday. A mother, who was separated from her children for last 14 years due to her mental illness, was finally reunited with them.
In 2009, Corrine Antoinette Rasquinha, the founder of White Doves, received information about a mentally ill woman who was in the streets of Mangaluru. She brought the sick woman to her nursing home and provided necessary psychiatric treatment. Despite all her earnest attempts, Rasquinha could not find much about the mysterious woman, as is normal in many such cases. Farzana, the sick lady, could only say that she was from Maddur and her house was near a butcher's shop.
As there are lot of places with similar name, Rasquinha and her dedicated team at White Doves couldn't really locate the village or the family of Farzana. Despite the lack of clarity, the institution had sent people to different locations to find the woman's family. All attempts were in wain, until 2024.
After 14 years, Farzana was finally found by her family in Maddur of Mandya district. Asif, her son, got to know that his mother was at a nursing home through an acquaintance. Along with his wife and children, he came to Mangaluru to take his mother home.
Asif said that the family members had kept up their search to locate his mother for many years. When Farzana disappeared in 2009, Asif and his sister were very young. "My sister hadn't seen my mother at all. Now we are very happy that we have got her back", Asif told Vartha Bharati.
"We found Farzana in 2009. She couldn't give us any proper information then. We had lost all hopes about her going back. Two weeks ago, we reunited a woman from Maddur in Mandya with her family. We had informed them about Farzana. With their kind help, we could now reach Farzana's family", Corrine Antoinette Rasquinha said.
When she left home 14 years ago, Farzana was a young mother with two small kids. Today, she has aged prematurely and her kids are all grown up; they are married and have kids themselves. When Farzana, unable to identify her adult son, drew his three year old son into an embrace, mistaking him for his father, there were a lot of moist eyes around. Now she has set sail to her long lost home with a family that has vowed never to lose her again.
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Binny Bansal steps down from board of PhonePe
New Delhi, Nov 22: Flipkart's co-founder Binny Bansal has stepped down from the board of PhonePe, the fintech company said on Friday.
PhonePe also announced the appointment of Manish Sabharwal as an Independent Director and Chair of its Audit Committee.
In this role, Sabharwal will be instrumental in upholding the integrity and effectiveness of PhonePe's financial reporting, internal controls, and risk management practices, he company said in a release.
"PhonePe also announced that Flipkart's co-founder, Binny Bansal has stepped down from its Board of Directors. Binny acquired PhonePe in 2016 and has been on its Board since then," the release said.
Commenting on the board rejig, Sameer Nigam, CEO and Founder of PhonePe said, "I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Binny Bansal for being one of PhonePe's earliest and staunchest supporters. His active engagement, strategic guidance, and personal mentorship have profoundly enriched our discussions. Binny will be missed!"
Nigam further said that Sabharwal's depth of understanding of India's macro economy, coupled with his leadership in shaping India's policies for education, employment, and employability will be invaluable as PhonePe continues to work ahead towards shared vision of a Viksit Bharat by 2047.
Sabharwal is Vice-Chairman of Teamlease Services, India's largest staffing and human capital firm.
Bansal played an instrumental role in Flipkart's acquisition of PhonePe way back in 2016 and had been on its board since then (the payments firm separated from Flipkart in 2022).
