Living with hope every single day, but need answers - MH370 passenger's husband

Prahlad Shirsath vividly remembers this day last year. He was in North Korea and his wife Kranti was living with their sons in Pune, India. She spoke to him from India and told him she was ready to travel alone to meet him.

She spoke about their sons and described flowers growing in their backyard too. Then, she left to travel thousands of kilometres to meet and spend time with her husband.

A year later, Prahlad is still hoping to be reunited with his wife Kranti. And, this time he has made the journey back to India.

"I was slated to leave North Korea and come back to Pune so Kranti decided to come to spend a few days there before I came back," Prahlad reminisced. He even spoke to her just as she got on board the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight. It was midnight in Korea and she asked him to sleep well.

Next morning when Prahlad woke up, he thought the plane was delayed. Only later did the news break that MH370 was missing. He collapsed hearing it.

"I remember calling the embassy and several friends. Since there was no flight to Beijing from North Korea that day, I travelled by road. In Beijing, a few friends were waiting for me. Malaysia Airlines did everything to make me and other relatives of passengers comfortable but it meant nothing to us," he said.




After getting no concrete response in Beijing, Prahlad travelled to Kuala Lumpur. "Even in KL I got no answers, so I decided to come back to India to be with my children," he said.

A year later, he said he knows exactly the same information that was given to him in the first few days. "How can a whole Boeing disappear with no trace? There has to be an explanation."

For Prahlad, life has moved in fast motion. He has now moved back to India to be with his sons and stays home looking after them.

"I am surviving on my savings. I cook, clean and do most of the house work. Hopefully soon I will be able to go out and work. I still pray for my wife. I ask God for answers. But I don't beg him. I am hopeful."

As MH370's disappearance completes one year, Prahlad wants the truth no matter how hard it is.

"We want the truth, but we want evidence for it. Not just the family, the entire world needs to know what happened to that flight. The safety of millions of people is at stake here."