tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9390214.post7809460975712079231..comments2022-04-02T23:45:43.257+05:30Comments on Itinerant: Lost for 25 years after catching wrong busitineranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764520998085530843noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9390214.post-894959537786373032007-03-21T13:30:00.000+05:302007-03-21T13:30:00.000+05:30Stunning..And that Toby guy had a very similar sto...Stunning..And that Toby guy had a very similar story..without the non-feeling element..and reunited via worldwide televison...Agyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503056769448425400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9390214.post-90698194622372423992007-03-21T00:09:00.000+05:302007-03-21T00:09:00.000+05:30Yes, Svety, the song and lost/found formula are Hi...Yes, Svety, the song and lost/found formula are Hindi Film copyrights and Yadoon Ki Baraat is a good example. But I like the story just the way it is and my mention of Hindi films was just to drive home the point that they would add elements of revenge and love to this whole issue.<BR/><BR/>I mentioned Marquez because this is the kind of writing he excels at. There are two books which are so similar to this story that I am tempted to get in touch with him and send him the link. The first book is titled The Story of the Shipwreacked Sailor, in which a ship lost all its men in a storm in the Carribeans but one sailor made it back to land after 10-12 days at sea. The story made big news in Colombia and Marquez's book delves into the facts and the fiction's that the sailor's story might have entailed. The mention of this episode in his autobiography Living to Tell the Tale is quiet engrossing.<BR/><BR/>The second book is Chronicle of a Death Foretold, where in he deals in journalist fashion with a person's assasination. I cannot remember for sure if this story was fact or fiction. <BR/><BR/>The third book is News of Kidnapping, where in Marquez recreates the kidnapping of a group of people by the Colombia Communists or the drug guys, I cant remember for sure.<BR/><BR/>Abhigyan, I am not aware of the story you mentioned. But there was this other story from Malaysia which was exciting. I will paste the link and the text here. Read it and I think that deserves a post by itself, let see if I can resist the temptation.<BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6327487.stm<BR/><BR/>Text:<BR/>Chance meeting solves baby mix-up <BR/>By Jonathan Kent <BR/>BBC News, Kuala Lumpur <BR/> <BR/>A Malaysian Chinese couple are considering taking legal action against a hospital for sending them home with the wrong baby nearly 30 years ago. <BR/><BR/>The couple, who had always suspected a mix-up, were reunited with their biological son after a chance meeting in a shopping centre. <BR/><BR/>But the family may now face a battle with Malaysia's religious authorities. <BR/><BR/>As well as taking a Chinese name, the son wants to renounce Islam - something which is very difficult in Malaysia. <BR/><BR/>Teo Ma Leong had always suspected his fifth child was not his own. <BR/><BR/>The young boy's dark features led neighbours to whisper that he was the result of an affair. <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, Mr Teo's biological son had always suspected he was not really the child of the Malay Muslim couple who took him home from a hospital in Batu Pahat in southern Malaysia in 1978. <BR/><BR/>So Zulhaidi Omar left home at 13 because he felt he did not belong. <BR/><BR/>Supermarket spot <BR/><BR/>Then eight years ago one of his sisters spotted him working in a shopping centre. <BR/><BR/>Convinced he was the spitting image of their father, she brought the rest of her family along. <BR/><BR/>After staring at one another for a while they found the courage to speak and the truth emerged. <BR/><BR/>DNA tests subsequently proved that the two men were father and son. <BR/><BR/>Now the family has gone public with their story because Zulhaidi wishes to take a Chinese name and renounce Islam. <BR/><BR/>That is very difficult in Malaysia, where the Islamic authorities regard abandoning the faith as a grievous sin. <BR/><BR/>However the Malaysian government has started to encourage a more pragmatic approach from its religious departments, so the Teo family may yet be reunited in name as well as deed.itineranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764520998085530843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9390214.post-16296882746225421532007-03-19T16:48:00.000+05:302007-03-19T16:48:00.000+05:30Quite neat eh..And did you hear about that US skii...Quite neat eh..And did you hear about that US skiier - some Toby - who apparently was split from his Korean parents, and then adopted by a US skking couple...<BR/>His bilogical dad found him familar when he was him winning a medal, and DNA tests confirmed that he was that long-lost son...Agyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503056769448425400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9390214.post-45590518375520891092007-03-19T13:59:00.000+05:302007-03-19T13:59:00.000+05:30yaadon ki baaraat nikli hai....yaadon ki baaraat nikli hai....svetyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14334049900582397948noreply@blogger.com