Black Monday orphans strike more than a chord in UK

It may have been a quiet Diwali for the five Yadav children orphaned in the August 25 Gateway of India bomb blast, but this gift may cheer them up. Moved by their story, first reported by The Indian Express and telecast by BBC on October 27, viewers in the UK have flooded the channel’s offices with e-mails and phone calls offering help.

The channel has decided to divert all offers to the Express My Mumbai Trust, set up by this newspaper.

The Yadav kids remember the BBC shoot as a mini-picnic, which included ‘‘hotel mein khana’’. Their school is closed for Diwali vacation and they are awaiting results of their term exams—their first ever. Six-year-old Bharti isn’t nervous. She’s sure, she says, of doing well.