<p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">Among Non-Institutional Services for children, Adoption perhaps is one of the most suitable modes of rehabilitation for the abandoned and destitute child, Ours by choice is a sensitive study of adoption issues, in the Indian Socio-Cultural context and responds well, to the needs of Adoptive Parents, I am sure this will motivate many more parents to give a home to a child who needs one. - Gerry Pinto, UNICEF</p><p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;"><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">In the long years Nilima Mehta has pursued her vocation, she has found no higher reward than gifting a new life to a couple. It was no easy task. She has persevered against cultural and social prejudices, ignorance and fear.</p><p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;"><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">Her book is a definitive guide on adoption. With clarity and depth she explores the social, emotional, psychological and familial aspects of her subject. Fears are allayed; controversies such as the nature versus nurture issue laid to rest; and step-by-step procedures for a successful adoption explained in detail.</p><p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;"><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">This is a valuable book. It takes us along a path which is right and true. No greater gift can be bestowed to a childless couple than the life of an infant they can call their own. And they discover as we all do that there is a place in the heart which does not exist until the love of a child brings it to</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">bright and shining life. - Frank Simoes</p><p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;"><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">A practical book covering all the facets of Adoption, for adoptive parents as well as persons involved in the field of Adoption. Comprehensive in content, it provides valuable information, guidance and</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">experiences on the Adoption Option. - Najma Goriawalla, President</p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">Indian Association For Promotion of Adoption.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, sans-serif;"><br></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, sans-serif;">Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, sans-serif;">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, sans-serif;">About the Author<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">In an enriching and rewarding career, Nilima Mehtahas devoted fifteen years to the cause of Adoption in India. Following a Master^s Degree in Social Work and Post-Graduate Courses in Counselling, she began work with the Family Service Centre, Bombay in 1977. Her commitment and dedication has found official recognition in the field of adoption. She is a visiting lecturer at the College of Social Work, Bombay and serves on the Adoption Committee of the Indian Council of Social Welfare and the Indian Association for Promotion of Adoption.</p><p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;"><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">Her book, she says, was a "Labour of Love". It fulfills the ambition of a lifetime and meets a long felt need.</p>