It was an emotional moment for Deborah Miller, a 60-year-old American woman based in California, when she visited India to attend her son's wedding, a son she had acquired from social networking website Facebook four years ago. She flew from America and took a train to Gorakhpur, UP, to attend her 28-year-old Facebook son Krishna Mohan Tripathy's wedding on January 30. Tripathy, an M.Sc student and aspiring lawyer, had lost his mother in his teens and found in Miller a comforting presence, with whom he corresponded on Facebook and developed a bond over the years. "I do not have children and when I interacted with Krishna, I felt God had fulfilled my wishes. He is a very nice person and I pray to God that all his wishes come true," she told Daily Mail. During an interview with ANI, Miller broke down while talking about how moved she was with her reception in India, and particularly by Tripathy's family. "I don't have words to describe how well I have been treated. I just want to thank Krishna and his family for having the faith to bring me here," she said. Not only did she accept the wedding invitation, she reportedly gifted the newlyweds jewellery worth Rs 25 lakh and a 125-year-old ring she had purchased from an auction house in Britain, for the wedding. Miller dressed traditionally for the wedding; donned a saree, complete with henna on her hands. She plans to visit India soon and go to the Taj Mahal because she's fallen in love with the country.
