Doctors baffled by village of 200 sets of twins

KODINJI, India: Walk around Kodinji village and you'll think that you have double vision.

The village is home to as many as 230 sets of twins. Nobody knows why there are so many twins in the village of 15,000 people, although one local doctor suspects it might be due to the water.Read More................Doctors baffled by Indian village of 200 sets of twins

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After 28 years, twin caught holding brother's job

CHANDIGARH: It happens all the time with identical twins. One sibling impersonates the other and often gets away with it. But few can possibly match the feat of the Singh brothers of Punjab who carried the deception for 28 long years — until one of them pushed his luck too far. Read More................After 28 years, twin caught holding brother's job

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70-Year-Old Gives Birth to Twins

A 70-year-old woman from Muzaffarnagar from Uttar Pradesh state of India has given birth to twins, hospital sources said.

Omkari aged 70, a resident of Doghat village in Muzaffarnagar district and a mother of two daughters gave birth to a boy and girl on Friday, the sources said.

Both the mother and the babies are fine, the sources added.

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Diwalis forever together for these twins

AMRITSAR: Mohna and Sohna are inseparable—they are conjoined twins who can’t be surgically separated because they share vital organs.

Mohna and Sohna, which means special in Punjabi, were born to a taxi driver and his wife in 2003. The couple abandoned the children and their home now is an orphanage in Amritsar.

Four years down the line they are the orphanage’s brightest spark, spoilt and love having every one at their beck and call.

“Doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi saw the children and told us that they are inoperable.

If surgery is ever tried not only will one of them will die but the other one can’t live because of the shared organs,” says Dr Inderjeet Kaur, of the Pingalwara Charitable Society, which runs the orphanage.

The children go to school in the morning and long rides on their pram in the evening. When one wants to be free of the other they have devised their own method of making their way around the complex.

They keep the orphanage’s officials on their toes and behave like individuals on their own right.

“One is quiet and the other is not. One loves to go out and the other likes being inside. Some times they fight with each other but they are joint in the shoulder so they have to accommodate one another,” says their caretaker Kanwaljit Kaur

Kanwaljit says Mohna and Sohna love Diwali—the lights lend a sparkle to their eyes and the sisters smile at each other and enjoy the crackers from a safe distance.

Mohna and Sohna are too young to realise that they will never be independent each other but till they grow up they are loving this united life.

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Twins marry same woman

Till now you might have heard of twins having the same face, habits and likings, but have you ever heard of twins falling in love with the same woman and marrying her. Yes here are twins from Palia Gujar village in Uttar Pradesh state of India who loved & married the same woman.................Read Full Story........Twins marry same woman

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55-year-old woman delivers twins

A 55-year-old woman became the proud mother of two at a fertility clinic in Chennai in Tamil Nadu state of India. Read full story at Sahara Samay here

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Siamese baby being worshipped as 'Goddess'

Here is a Siamese baby who was born on July 4 to Geeta of the Indalpur Village near Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly District in India. This infant was born with two heads, four hands and two legs. But due to ignorance, villagers are worshipping this child as reincarnation of Goddess.

Ramesh, father of the twins, said: "On the fourth of this month, this child was born to my wife at 8'o clock. Everyone called her an incarnation of Devi (Goddess), as she has two heads, four hands and two legs. People come here from far off places, and offer money to my child out of respect."

Doctors suggest it could also be Siamese or conjoined twins, who are joined together physically at a particular part of the body. The newborn are conjoined at the torso.

Dr. Ashok Aggarwal, a surgeon with the Ruhelkhand, Medical College, said: "Such kinds of children are called as Siamese baby. They are no incarnation of God. It can be referred to as a mistake done by nature. When two eggs join at the time of fertilization, they grow together after that. They are no incarnation. They should be immediately operated to be separated so that life of both the babies can be saved.

He added that if they are continued to be treated as an incarnation, then life of both babies can come into danger. "Thus, to save their lives, operation is a must."

The news of the unusual child-birth spread very quickly. After initial hesitation and surprise, people started pouring in to have a glimpse of the child.

Elders in the infant's family are also delighted to have been blessed with 'the baby Goddess'.

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