When Indian government’s assurances became water bubbles, Indian students going back to Ukraine !
Mobilenews24x7 Bureau(Exclusive)
It was a balmy afternoon in 2022 and the date was February 24, a day that each and every Ukranian would have stored in the mind.
Suddenly a panicky shaking of windows and doors started followed by terrible explosions around. Many people came out to the open for safety.
India’s Dinsha Dubey, doing her medical course, MBBS, was one among the vast people on the streets.
Then it struck as to too many that Russia had invaded Ukarine and no none knew what would happen.
“At the time when the war started, everyone was terrified. No one could understand anything then because it was the first time we witnessed sirens and such a huge crowd of people” recollected Dinsha while talking to the media there.
Impact
Disha went on “ I had come from India in January 2022. It was only after one month that the invasion happened. In 2020, I lost my father in India. The year 2021 was a year of personal struggle. I was financially very weak. I am a student studying on an education loan.”
For girls like Dinsha it was a huge challenge as she had spent a fortune to reach Ukraine for the studies but the sudden outbreak of war loomed over.
Great Escape
“We gradually learned that people here know what to do in times of war. We were hiding in the bunkers of our building. It became very suffocating, so we shifted to subways. In the subways, we used to get a bit of electricity and food was distributed. Then the Indian government started the Ganga Mission” recollects Dinsha.
When we reached the railway station, there was a fight for boarding the train as per priority. They had set the order. First, Ukrainian women and children, then other Ukrainian citizens, and after that, Indian women and, at last, Indian men would board the train.
The train took 27 hours to reach Lviv. From there, we booked a van to the Hungary border, where Indian officials were present to rescue us
When Indian assurances burst like bubbles
We were waiting that the Indian Government would absorb us in private colleges or government colleges or they would start a new institution for us. We were hopeful that the Indian Government would do something for us. Till now, there has yet to be a solution to our problem. Nothing happened.
Many like Dinsha cannot afford to go elsewhere for a medical degree after the great fiasco on the part of the Government in India despite high voltage media publicity and assurances to help their careers.
““I don’t have an earning member in my family right now. So, I can’t afford to go to another country for admission and to start my whole journey again. It’s not feasible for everyone. That’s why everyone is coming back to Ukraine. My university has shifted us to Ivano. My friends have come back, and my offline classes are going on. We’re studying here so that we can get a degree.”
Dinsha’s case is an eye-opener for many and the Prime Minister Modi has a say as what all transpired to such a disappointment when each Indian student in Ukraine is going back to Ukraine,
Sources KyivPost
