22 November,2010 06:32 AM IST | | Alisha Coelho
Child born on night of 26/11 terror attacks at Cama Hospital is homeless as heavy showers bring down her small room
Goli, the miracle baby born on the night of 26/11 at Cama Hospital, is facing an unpleasant reality check, as the Ambedkar Nagar resident is now homeless, owing to heavy rain and untimely showers.
Goli and her family the Chauhans have no roof over their head because their house has caved in owing to the unseasonal rain, which has left them in a lurch.
Goli the miracle baby was born at Cama Hospital on the night of the November 26 attacks when Qasab and his accomplice gunned down five people at the hospital
Goli's parents are a worried pair as they have one more mouth to feed and have been left destitutes despite the many calls promising aid that had initially flowed in.
"I've only been thinking about our house for the last few days and I have no time to think about the anniversary," said a harried looking Shamu (35), Goli's father who works as a labourer at Sassoon Dock.
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"My children and wife were literally on the streets when this happened. I've had to take a loan to get my house rebuilt. There's been no help from anyone even though so many people promised," he added.
Shamu's wife Viju (31), delivered their baby at Cama Hospital on the night of November 26 when Qasab and his accomplice gunned down five people at the hospital.
Even though the baby's name on the birth certificate reads Tejaswini Chauhan, she is still popularly known around the colony as Goli.
Tragedy also dogged the birth of their third child Jayshree, who was born a day before the German Bakery blasts.
"She was born at Cama Hospital on February 12 and the blasts occurred so there was a high alert in the city. It was a tense period for us. This pregnancy was unexpected.
My wife didn't want to go through the experience of a delivery room again. But we had to go to Cama and thankfully everything went smoothly," said Shamu. The Chauhans main priority now is to rebuild their house.
"I don't want to send my wife and children away but the rains this year caused our house to collapse.
If the new construction takes too long, I will have no choice but to send them to my village in Karnataka," said Shamu.
However, Goli's mother is more optimistic. "I'm hoping our home will be ready by her birthday. We certainly want to celebrate it," said Viju.
Background
Goli was born at 10.55 pm on November 26. The hospital had nearly 180 odd people on the premises that night including commuters who had fled for refuge from CST station.
Mothers were instructed to breast feed their babies to keep them from crying and old mattresses were stacked up against doors to ensure that the terrorists did not break through.
In Viju's own room, eight people including her five-year-old son, husband, sister and two CST commuters were herded in to escape being shot at in the corridor.
