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"We feel that because there's so much happening that they probably know about it, but it's difficult with the children,"
he said. "Especially since one of them is 7 and one of them is 4. The small one it is okay, but for the 7 year old it is quite traumatic.
"He's actually quite confused as to what is happening."
"Many times he asks so many questions," Mrs. Chawla said. "He has many questions, like 'where is papa?' 'Why are you going early in
the morning daily to meet him?'"
"Then he heard somebody saying that his father is in jail so he asked me 'Mama, why is somebody telling me that papa is in jail?'
Then he asks me 'Mama, why is papa in jail?'"
It has affected the health of Chawla's wider family, Mrs. Chawla said.
"He has old parents. He is the only son of his parents, and his grandmother has been bedridden for eight months and she is waiting to see him," she said.
Mrs. Chawla stressed her husband's sense of duty to his family, saying that he only took what he needed of his salary and gave the rest to his parents.
"He is a very God-fearing, very pious man. And he has a great sense of duty. He believes in perfection of duties. Whether it is on board, whether it is
towards the family -- towards the wife, towards the children or towards the parents -- he's a very dutiful man. He's a man of moral values, human values."
One thing that the Chawla has clung to is his Sikh faith.
"The captain is a very religious man. He gets up at 5:30 every morning to say his prayers. In fact, when he arrived in prison,
his main concerns were getting his armlet, which is a religious thing, and his turban," Saldanha said.
He spends most of his day praying and reading religious books.
"He doesn't want to read anything else -- he just wants to read religious books. He wants to know what is happening outside with this case and religious books.
Other than that he is not interested in reading."
Unfortunately his faith has meant that he cannot eat the prison food, as no vegetarian options are available.
"Since the 10th of December, he's been on rice and water. If you see him, you meet him every day, you can tell that his health is deteriorating.
They tell me that doctors are seeing him every day but there is only so much someone can do on rice and water," Saldanha said.
Chawla has a small individual cell, with a TV with one channel -- in Korean. He is let out for one hour a day. This and visits are the only time he can speak with other people.
The two Indian seafarers are being held in the same detention center. Despite this they cannot speak to each other, as they are still involved in the same case.
"When you go to meet them they are always asking how the other one is doing," Saldanha said.
"We feel that because there's so much happening that they probably know about it, but it's difficult with the children,"
he said. "Especially since one of them is 7 and one of them is 4. The small one it is okay, but for the 7 year old it is quite traumatic.
"He's actually quite confused as to what is happening."
"Many times he asks so many questions," Mrs. Chawla said. "He has many questions, like 'where is papa?' 'Why are you going early in
the morning daily to meet him?'"
"Then he heard somebody saying that his father is in jail so he asked me 'Mama, why is somebody telling me that papa is in jail?'
Then he asks me 'Mama, why is papa in jail?'"
It has affected the health of Chawla's wider family, Mrs. Chawla said.
"He has old parents. He is the only son of his parents, and his grandmother has been bedridden for eight months and she is waiting to see him," she said.
Mrs. Chawla stressed her husband's sense of duty to his family, saying that he only took what he needed of his salary and gave the rest to his parents.
"He is a very God-fearing, very pious man. And he has a great sense of duty. He believes in perfection of duties. Whether it is on board, whether it is
towards the family -- towards the wife, towards the children or towards the parents -- he's a very dutiful man. He's a man of moral values, human values."
One thing that the Chawla has clung to is his Sikh faith.
"The captain is a very religious man. He gets up at 5:30 every morning to say his prayers. In fact, when he arrived in prison,
his main concerns were getting his armlet, which is a religious thing, and his turban," Saldanha said.
He spends most of his day praying and reading religious books.
"He doesn't want to read anything else -- he just wants to read religious books. He wants to know what is happening outside with this case and religious books.
Other than that he is not interested in reading."
Unfortunately his faith has meant that he cannot eat the prison food, as no vegetarian options are available.
"Since the 10th of December, he's been on rice and water. If you see him, you meet him every day, you can tell that his health is deteriorating.
They tell me that doctors are seeing him every day but there is only so much someone can do on rice and water," Saldanha said.
Chawla has a small individual cell, with a TV with one channel -- in Korean. He is let out for one hour a day. This and visits are the only time he can speak with other people.
The two Indian seafarers are being held in the same detention center. Despite this they cannot speak to each other, as they are still involved in the same case.
"When you go to meet them they are always asking how the other one is doing," Saldanha said.
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