Suma Nagmote is a bubbly, chirpy market researcher who had her own personal hell during 26/11 when her father, Commander S Nagmote, who was security head at the Trident was incommunicado for three days during the terrorist attack. She has been a hands on volunteer on the Karuna Waghela and the Shabira Khan case, and seen Karuna grow into an independent, determined and empowered woman.
Here are the cases she has handled:
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Karuna Waghela
(i) Name of the deceased/ injured, occupation and approximate monthly earnings at the time of the casualty:
Deceased: Thakur Budhabhai Waghela, (33) sweeper at GT Hospital. Earnings approximately Rs 4000 pm.
(ii) Where did the casualty occur:
Ajmal Amir Kasab shot Waghela at his residence in GT Hospital compound.
(iii) Dependents (number and details)
Wife: Karuna Waghela (32), Children: Roshni (11 yrs), Dhaval (8) and Neeraj (5 yrs).
(iv) Details of the situation at that time:
Karuna Waghela lived with her inlaws:- father in law/mother in law/ brother in law and his family. The in-laws took the Rs 5 lakh compensation given to her by the government. She was totally dependent on them.
(v) IH contact: Suma Nagmote.
(vi) Details of help/ support provided by IH: India Helps stepped in on Day 3 itself by handing over funds for the last rites for Thakur Budhabhai Waghela. India Helps volunteers provided groceries and funds for Karuna and her children. India Helps also provided emotional support to Karuna. India Helps helped raise awareness about Karuna's plight through the blog, and media which in turn helped raise funds for her children.
(vii) Media coverage:
http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2009/s2543734.htm
(viii) Present situation:
She has moved out of her inlaws home and is living in accommodation (MHADA flat)alloted to her by the government. She is currently working as a sweeper in GT Hospital, a job which she got on compassionate grounds at a salary of Rs 3000 pm. Karuna has been empowered to open a bank account independent of her inlaws. She is also being offered aid by the Taj Trust. Karuna is a strong woman and totally focussed on ensuring her children complete their education and make a future for themselves.
(ix) Status of the case : India Helps is continuing to provide emotional support to Karuna
(x) Future requirements: India Helps is attempting to build a corpus for Karuna's children's education. India Helps is also trying to raise funds to take out a life insurance cover for Karuna, with her children as beneficiaries.
(xi) Photographs: Nil
(xii) Present contact details of the dependents:
MHADA colony, Prateeksha Nagar , Sion, Mumbai.
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Shabira Khan
(i) Name of the deceased/ injured, occupation and approximate monthly earnings at the time of the casualty:
Shabira Khan, injured. Home maker who took tuitions. Rs 3000 approx.
(ii) Where did the casualty occur:
She was injured by the taxi blast at Wadi Bunder along with her son, Abdul.
(iii) Dependents (number and details): The family comprises Shabira, her husband, her children, Abdul (24), Khalid (22), Sabah (19)m Shaheen (18), Shahid (17) and Sajid (14). Her husband works with Bombay Port Trust, earning Rs. 3,000 per month. All the kids except Abdul, the oldest are studying in school (Jamiya Islamiya school).
(iv) Details of the situation at that time:
She had splinters which were embedded and had damaged her nerves in her foot and back. Her oldest son Abdul had a splinter below his right eye which thankfully missed his eye, and hence has not lost vision.
(v) IH contact: Suma Nagmote
(vi) Details of help/ support provided by IH: India Helps helped raise funds for surgery to be conducted on Shabira's foot. Shabira was languishing in hospitals for close to six months post 26/11. She was shifted out of JJ to BPT, Wadala. She was then shifted to to Saifee hospital for an operation on her foot. During her stay at Saifee, they discovered she had jaundice in her system, detecting which doctors at Saifee asked her to be transferred to Kasturbha Hospital which they told the family is a hospital specially equipped to handle jaundice.
One of the daughters had taken leave from school to be with her everyday during her hospitalisation.
(vii) Media coverage: http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOINEW/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIM&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI
(viii) Present situation: Shabira is out of hospital and back home. She still requires another operation on her foot as her nerves are damaged, and if not done, her leg would need to be amputated.
(ix) Status of the case: Case Closed
(x) In case of an ongoing case, future requirements: NA.
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Although, this is a very impressive initiative, I would like to bring your attention to the case of the s Satyagrahi from Manipur called Irom Sharmila, who has been on a fast since the last 10 years.
Sadly, her firm dissent against the cause to get the ASFPA repealed, has been consistently ignored not just by the government but also by the media. 10 years now and very few people even know about this warrior and her fight. This woman deserves more respect and attention.
I would feel very justified if India Helps could feature her and spread the word amongst its readers.
Read my post about her: http://esobeso.blogspot.com/2009/12/irom-sharmila-hasnt-taken-morsel-or.html
Regards,
Ruchi
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