Adopting from India
Inter-country adoptions from India take considerably longer than in-country adoptions. CARA has invited comments on a set of draft revised guidelines on adoption available on their website.
Meanwhile I found this article on inter-country adoptions from India in the Guardian.
One of the worst things you can ask parents who have adopted from India is the advice they would give to others. Most will give practical hints: go to the Cara website; use the “iChild” talkboards to find other parents who have successfully adopted; register with your local authority for your home study; save up £10,000. Few will actually recommend it. Clarke says that the adoption process is like a bad labour; you forget the pain. “I say to anyone who is half-heartedly thinking about it, ‘Think more than half-heartedly, because it will push you emotionally to places you can’t imagine.’ Unless you’ve got cast-iron resolve and amazing friends and family support, you’d find it really difficult.” Baker stresses that it is absolutely worth it. “Our lives have changed so much because of Kuber,” she says. “He is a godsend, a beautiful child. Sometimes I think: if we had had our own children, could they possibly have matched up to him?”
