Mathurdas said his son was born after the birth of five daughters. "His deteriorating health worries me," he said.
The more you talk to Mathurdas, the more you know how the poor man's life is ruined. Half of Rohit's face is burnt. One leg is broken and his body pain is so acute that even in coma, he sometimes cries for his mother who is still unaware of his injuries. Rohit's mother is in a distant village.
Yes, Mathurdas doesn't have a cell phone. He belongs to that invisible India.
On the next bed, Nisha is sleeping. Again, except for her mother, there is nobody to attend to her. Along with her mother, she was also on a short visit to the hospital when the bomb exploded in the trauma ward and injured her little hands. Her mother Biriben tells rediff.com that her daughter suffers silently. She was dazed to see the fire balls.
In spite of her daughter's pain, Biriben wants us to report on other patients' grave injuries. She is poor, but is dignified in sorrow.
She takes us to Ashwinbhai Patel who works in the diamond industry.
Image: Nisha, daughter of Biriben, at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad.
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