{"id":5945,"date":"2016-08-16T10:10:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T10:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.againstchildtrafficking.org\/?p=5945"},"modified":"2016-08-16T10:10:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T10:10:32","slug":"book-review-other-peoples-childrenandre-folks-b%c3%b8rn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/book-review-other-peoples-childrenandre-folks-b%c3%b8rn\/","title":{"rendered":"Book review: Other People’s Children\/Andre folks b\u00f8rn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Katja Vesselbo D\u00f8ssing, MA\u2019s debuted as a writer in May 2016 with the thriller, \u201cOther People’s Children\u201d, People’s Press, 276 pages, is a striking criticism of the Danish adoption policy with thinly veiled references to the ever-present Indian case concerning abducted adopted children living in Denmark in which AC International Child Support – Now DIA – is heavily involved.<\/p>\n

The storyline about a politician Eva Quist with two Indian-Danish adopted children, Mathias and Julie, receiving mysterious threatening letters, is reminiscent of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s 2007 \u201cThe Keeper of Lost Causes\u201d about the politician Merete Lynggaard whose past catches up with her in the midst of her turbocharged political career.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther People’s Children\u201d jumps effortlessly between the past and the present, India and Denmark, and the pulling of strings by facile Danish politicians, adoption workers, corrupt Indian officials, the equally corrupt Preet Mandir Orphanage, Pune and Mumbai’s slum Dharavi in Maharashstra, from where both AC International Child Support and Dan Adopt provided many children despite the fact that India is known as one of the most corrupt countries on a par with Guatemala, Vietnam, Nigeria and Ethiopia, among many, when it comes to the classic story of parents from poor countries with no social safety net that have their children stolen for adoption.<\/p>\n

Bj\u00f6rn Sandberg, a divorced Indian-Danish adoptee Ammu from Delhi, activist of Justice For Children, is the book’s most interesting character. An activist and whistleblower, like Indian-German adoptee Arun Dohle of Against Child Trafficking who led Katja Vesselbo D\u00f8ssing, Nikolaj Vesselbo and Johan Engbo to India’s child trafficking and the filming of the documentary \u201cA Baby Business\u201d describing Ramesh Kulkarnis relentless struggle to reunite with his children stolen and taken to Denmark.<\/p>\n

A good novel for readers who do not know about adoption. A difficult and provocative eye-opener for those who are new to adoption. A painful reminder of the unethical Danish adoption system turning a blind eye – for those of us who are experienced in adoption and adoption policy.<\/p>\n

Denmark is not better than the United States: childless people want children, adopters are self-defensive, opaque procedures, creative accounting, \u201creserving\u201d of children, bogus adoption closures, fictional investigations, post-colonial \u2018win win\u2019 myths, the list is long and politicians continue to look the other way and ignore the real issues because Denmark is a small country and politicians want to be re-elected at all costs.<\/p>\n

The exceptions are Katja Vesselbo D\u00f8ssing and Nikolaj Vesselbo’s father, Eyvind Vesselbo, who, before he stepped down was the only politician who demanded that Denmark should have a completely different adoption organization, one that rose above AC International Child Support and Dan Adopt\u2019s scandals. There is no doubt that Katja D\u00f8ssing Vesselbo has knowledge of Danish politics far beyond the surface.<\/p>\n

Indian adoptions are on track again. Other people’s children are still taken under the guise of law and legislators, and Ramesh Kulkarni has still not seen his children.<\/p>\n

Iben Krarup Brown H\u00f8gsberg, Openness in adoption.<\/p>\n

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Katja Vesselbo D\u00f8ssing, cand.mag. debut som forfatter i maj 2016 med sp\u00e6ndingsromanen Andre folks b\u00f8rn, People\u2019s Press, 276 sider, er en sl\u00e5ende kritik af den danske adoptionspolitik med slet skjulte referencer til den stadigt aktuelle Indienssag med bortf\u00f8rte adopterede b\u00f8rn bosat i hjertet af Danmark som AC B\u00f8rnehj\u00e6lp \u2013 nu DIA – er st\u00e6rkt involveret i.<\/p>\n

Setuppet med toppolitikeren Eva Quist med to indisk-dansk adopterede b\u00f8rn, Mathias og Julie, som modtager mystiske trusselbreve, leder tankerne til Jussi Adler-Olsen\u2019s Kvinden i buret, 2007, om toppolitikeren Merete Lynggaard som ogs\u00e5 indhentes af fortiden midt i sin toptunede politiske karriere.<\/p>\n

Andre folks b\u00f8rn springer ubesv\u00e6ret imellem fortid og nutid, Indien og Danmark og tr\u00e6kker tr\u00e5de til letk\u00f8bte danske politikere og adoptionsarbejdere og korrupte indiske embedsm\u00e6nd og b\u00f8rnehjemmet Preet Mandir, Pune og Mumbais slum Dharavi i Maharashstra, hvor b\u00e5de AC B\u00f8rnehj\u00e6lp og Dan Adopt formidlede mange b\u00f8rn fra trods, at Indien er kendt som et af de mest korrupte lande p\u00e5 h\u00f8jde med Guatemala, Vietnam, Nigeria og Etiopien blandt mange, n\u00e5r det kommer til den klassiske historie om for\u00e6ldre fra fattige lande uden socialt sikkerhedsnet, der f\u00e5r stj\u00e5let deres b\u00f8rn til adoption.<\/p>\n

Bj\u00f8rn Sandberg, den fraskilte indisk-dansk adopterede Ammu fra Delhi, aktivist i Justice for children, er nok bogens mest interessante karakter. En ildsj\u00e6l og whistleblower som indisk-tysk adopterede Arun Dohle i Against Child Trafficking der ledte Katja Vesselbo D\u00f8ssing, Nikolaj Vesselbo og Johan Engbo til Indiens b\u00f8rnehandel og dokumentarfilmen A baby business som beskriver Ramesh Kulkarnis n\u00e5desl\u00f8se kamp for at genfinde sine stj\u00e5lne b\u00f8rn i Danmark.
\nEn god roman for l\u00e6seren der ikke kender til adoption. En sv\u00e6r og provokerende erkendelse for de der er nye i adoption. En smertefuld p\u00e5mindelse om et uetisk dansk system, der lukker \u00f8jnene, for de der er erfarne i adoption og kritisk adoptionspolitisk involveret.<\/p>\n

Danmark er ikke bedre end USA. Barnl\u00f8se vil have b\u00f8rn, adoptanter g\u00e5r i selvforsvar, uigennemsigtighed, bogf\u00f8rt drift, reservationer af b\u00f8rn, proforma adoptionslukninger, fiktive selv-unders\u00f8gelser, postkolonistiske win win myter, listen er lang og politikerne lukker fortsat \u00f8jnene – for Danmark er et lille land – og de vil genv\u00e6lges for enhver pris.<\/p>\n

Undtagelsen er Katja Vesselbo D\u00f8ssing og Nikolaj Vesselbo\u2019s far Eyvind Vesselbo, der \u2013 ved sin afgang – som den eneste politiker stod frem og kr\u00e6vede, at Danmark skulle have en helt anden adoptionsorganisation som ikke blev bygget p\u00e5 AC B\u00f8rnehj\u00e6lp og Dan Adopts skandaler. Ingen tvivl om at Katja D\u00f8ssing Vesselbo kender dansk politik langt ind bag facaden.<\/p>\n

Indisk adoption k\u00f8rer p\u00e5 skinner igen. Man tager fortsat andre folks b\u00f8rn under d\u00e6kke af lovgivning og lovgivere og Ramesh Kulkarni har stadig ikke genset sine b\u00f8rn.
\nIben Krarup Brown H\u00f8gsberg, \u00c5benhed i adoption
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