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16th April 1995

It was a full moon night, with a clear sky. It was a great day for a couple celebrating their wedding anniversary. They just had a romantic dinner at a restaurant and went for a night walk. The couple was enjoying their quality time. When they passed by the garbage bins, there were a lot of stray dogs barking at each other, fighting to eat something that was wrapped in a bundle of clothes.

Although the lady was afraid, she asked the man to check what was in that bundle. The man went to shoo away the dogs that were engaged in a fierce battle amongst. When he walked closer towards the bundled clothes, he saw a fair dough like baby hand. He was frightened, still he carried the baby to check, whether it was alive or dead.

The baby was in swaddling clothes wrapped like a mummy, it left just a little space allowing it to breathe. The baby had extremely delicate skin that revealed the rosiness of a newborn. But its temperature was unnatural, it was quite high.

The couple were also parents. Their love for children didn't allow them to leave that child on the verge of death. The couple could not believe how can parent treat their own children like unwanted things and leave them to be dogs' feast.

They took the child to the nearest hospital. The Doctor currently on duty looked at the child and requested that the couple carry out a few tests on the child. They admitted the child to the ICU as it had high fever and had been left hungry for a long time. The night was like an eternity for both the couple and the child.

At break of the dawn, the couple who had just dozed off, were woken up by the cries of the baby. The lady went to console the baby while the man called the doctor to check upon the baby.

The baby was healthy and the results for all tests conducted earlier were normal. The doctor discharged the child. Before leaving, the doctor advised the couple on how to take good care of their child and not to neglect the baby. The couple told, it was not theirs and explained the incident how they found baby in a garbage bin. Doctor asked them to file a FIR in the police station to locate parents of the child, this was also a preventive measure against any future allegations of child kidnapping or trafficking against the couple.

The couple first went to their house to freshen up. Later they went to the police station as the doctor advised, they recounted the whole story to the police officer. The police officer asked some basic questions such as birthmark of baby or did it has any belongings on her. After recording the statements of couple, police officer took their address as well as phone numbers. Police officer gave the couple choice either send the child to an orphanage or take care of it till they find its parents.

The couple choose to send the child to orphanage with a heavy heart. However, they wanted to select the orphanage carefully so that the baby will not suffer in the future. The police officer had recommended them some government and private orphanages.

At last after a lot of consideration, they decided the orphanage named 'Eternal Sunshine Orphanage'. The couple and their family had created a special bond with the baby in such a short time, so to bid farewell they had a small photoshoot with the baby.

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