Kasargode: This is the house from where Rosli left for Dubai along with her two minor daughters Godwina and Gloria to spend holidays with her husband. People here say the children were eager to return home and narrate their vacation stories to their classmates here.
Shocked neighbors still cannot believe that they will never see Rosli and her children. A month ago, before she left for Dubai to spend time with her husband, Rosli had promised to come back soon.
"She came to our house, spent some time. She said she was going to spend about a month there with her husband and would return and meet them," said Sulochana, Rosli's neighbor.
About 500 metres away, another house in mourning. Prabhakaran and his brother Kunhikrishnan were returning home to discuss distribution of family property among the siblings on Monday. The brothers left for Gulf more than two decade ago as workers, worked hard and set up their own interior design units.
The family's other son, Balan, who too is in the interior design business, is shocked. "Their bodies were charred beyond recognition. It was very painful to see them in this condition," said Balan.
Many people from Kerala go to Gulf to make a living. Their dream is to build a small house, take care of their children and get their sisters and daughters married of," said Kerala Forest Minister Benoy Viswam.
Of those killed in the Mangalore air crash, 50 were from Kerala, 48 of them from Kasargode district. (
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Like this couple, who was returning home after spending a month with their son in Dubai, this wasn't the homecoming anyone expected.