Cake-cutting ceremony marks Geeta’s 1 year of return

INDORE: A cake-cutting ceremony was organised to celebrate one year of Geeta’s repatriation to India at Mook Badhir Sansthan on Wednesday.
The deaf and mute girl, who arrived from Pakistan, landed at Mook Badhir Sansthan campus amid cheer, smiles and lighting of diyas a year ago on October 27. She was escorted to the institute in Scheme Number 71-B by its director Monica Punjabi with scores of local politicians in tow.
On Wednesday, when the cake was being cut, the hearing and speech impaired inmates of the institute raised their hands and swirled their palms – a gesture of clapping in sign language. For others it was stoic silence, but only Geeta could connect with the raucous jubilation among her friends, who have now turned into family.
While expressing herself in sign language, Geeta claimed that she was very happy and her one year journey at the institute had been very fruitful. “I am learning from the teachers here and aim to become an arts teacher,” she expressed in sign language.
The director of the institute claimed that since Geeta did not know about her birthday, they have decided to celebrate it on the day when she reached India.
Geeta was brought to Indore institute after she failed to identify her parents at Delhi. The institute has made arrangements for her stay in a well-furnished room under the vigil of warden of the hostel run for deaf and mute children.