Almost 22 years after she was adopted by a Spanish couple, a 23-year-old woman returned to meet her biological mother. On Saturday, she had an emotional meeting with her mother in Pune, who cried and hugged her, gave her gifts, and even apologised for being unable to care for her.

Zeenat alias Mireia, was adopted by Antich Marti Raman, 56, a sound technician, and his wife, Garica Batacia Fores, 57, a librarian. She was 14 months old when she was adopted from Shreevatsa, run by Society of Friends of the Sassoon Hospital (SOFOSH). Four years later, the couple adopted another one-year-old, Akash, from the same organisation.