A Unique Story of Fatherly Love: When a Father Defied the Odds

In September 2014, Aditya Tiwari, a young software engineer from Indore, visited an orphanage on his father's birthday to distribute gifts.

Away from all the celebrations, a tiny baby was lying alone on a cot. His name was Binney. He was born with Down syndrome and a hole in his heart, and his parents had abandoned him. When Aditya played with him, the baby grabbed his finger and wouldn't let go.

A month later, Aditya went back. Other children had found families, but no one wanted Binney.

So Aditya decided to adopt him himself. However, he was unmarried and still in his twenties. His parents told him to get married first. The orphanage refused an unmarried man, and the adoption rules stated that a single parent had to be at least 30 years old.
He did not give up. He wrote about 100 emails to officials and kept knocking on every door. In August 2015, the age rule was changed to 25. Even then, he was delayed for months and told to choose another child instead.

On January 1, 2016, after nearly a year and a half of relentless struggle, he finally took his son home and named him Avnish. He was reported as the youngest single man in India to adopt a child with special needs.

Aditya now guides and supports other parents of children with special needs.

And what about the baby nobody wanted? The hole in his heart closed completely on its own. Avnish is 12 today. He has trekked to the Everest Base Camp and won a national award for children.

Sometimes a family is not born. It is chosen.

Would you have fought this hard for a child nobody wanted?