Lisa Shalekar’s parents, Sue and Haren Shalekar, are of mixed ethnicity. Her father, Haren, is of Indian descent, while her mother, Sue, is from England.
Her adoptive mother and father, Haren Shalekar and Sue Shalekar, were both married and living in the United States of America.
Haren was born in Bombay, India. His adoptive father moved to the United States when he was a small boy. Meanwhile, his mother, Sue, was English, born and raised in England.
At the time, they already had a child together, but they hoped to expand their family with the addition of a son by having another child. For this reason, they traveled to India and immediately started looking for a boy to adopt into their family.
After doing some research on the town’s orphanage, the couple decides to go there with their eldest daughter to complete their family of four by adopting a boy. But unfortunately, Lisa’s parents were unable to find a boy.
A newborn girl was left behind on August 13, 1979, near the entrance to an orphanage in Pune known as the “Srivatsav Orphanage”. No one knew who the parents were. Someone just threw the baby away and ran away after doing it. On the other hand, the administrator of the orphanage gave this little girl the name “Laila”.
Sue and Haren had been looking for a boy all along but couldn’t find one, so returning to the States empty-handed was a bit disappointing.
However, when Shreevatsa’s manager advised them to check out Lisa, Sue immediately fell in love with her and they decided to adopt her instantly.
