Cold comfort: What ails India’s new centralised online adoption system?

Two years after India revamped the process of adopting children, parents and adoption agencies find the system lacks the human element.

Aarefa Johari

· Jun 06, 2017 · 10:30 am

Indian couples who want surrogate babies may now have to turn to Cambodia and Ukraine

Proposed bill allows only infertile couples who have been married for five years to opt for altruistic surrogacy.

Priyanka Vora

· Aug 27, 2016 · 09:00 am

How an Agarwal family in Canada planned a big, fat Hindu wedding for their son and his groom

When Rishi Agarwal told his family he was gay, his parents shocked him with their reaction. They now help other families cope with their children coming out.

Aparita Bhandari

· May 25, 2016 · 11:30 am

Adoption rules are changing, but can the new system really give more children a home?

In the final part of Scroll's series on adoption, parents and agencies weigh in on the pros and cons of the government's new guidelines.

Aarefa Johari

· Aug 06, 2015 · 12:30 pm

Why some parents are paying more than the official fee to adopt a child

In the second part of Scroll's series on adoption, we explore how many couples have ended up paying more than the Rs 46,000 ceiling prescribed by the government, sometimes in the form of donations that agencies encourage but are not allowed.

Aarefa Johari

· Aug 05, 2015 · 12:30 pm

There is one place where Indian parents prefer girls over boys: the adoption agency

Wanting to make up for society's gender bias, people are adopting girls. But other prejudices remain as fair-skinned girls are first to be picked.

Aarefa Johari

· Aug 04, 2015 · 12:30 pm