15/04/2022
Dear Modi Ji,
I am Pooja Vasudev - mother of 21-year-old Indian student Kartik Vasudev – who was mercilessly killed in Toronto, Canada. The only mistake of my innocent child was that he dreamt big of studying in a foreign country. Just like you and our foreign minister S Jayshankar, he wanted to tell the India story to the world.
BUT HE IS NOW GONE AND WITH HIM ALL HIS DREAMS.
I would also want to tell you that it was not just Kartik, who was killed on April 7th, 2022. A part of me also died. I don’t know what to tell the reporters who ask me how many kids do I have? I don’t know the answer as I still can’t fathom the fact that my baby is no more. He was everything to me. My entire day routine was all about checking on Kartik. Just an hour before he was killed, I had called him to make sure he ate proper food. Little did I know that it would be his last meal. I have no clue what I will do now.
I also need your help in telling my diabetic husband (Jitesh Vasudev) that his baby boy is not coming back. He had put his entire life savings and mortgaged our home so that our baby Kartik could fulfil his dreams. Like every India parent, he wanted his boy to not worry about Money.
Now, we don’t even know how to save our home and pay back our loan without Kartik.
My younger child Parth hasn’t stopped crying. He is very scared, not talking to anyone. He has lost his hopes and trust in humanity. Can you please help me reassure his faith in the society? Can you please tell him that leaders like you are still there and will make sure that justice is served to his Big B? Can you tell my baby Parth to not lose hope? PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. Every Indian child today needs your assurance that the world is a safe place…… .jaishankar