Lakshmi's next operation could either be in Bangalore or London, says Dr Bhati, the founder and in charge of the school, whom Lakshmi calls Nana. It is not yet decided when the surgery will be and efforts are being made to raise funds for it.
"It is easier to get funds for a building -- where people can have their names on it -- but it is not easy getting funds for something like this," says Shen Gupta.
"Our worries will only end after all the operations are over. Only then we can think of life ahead. We just want Lakshmi to get completely well so that she can grow up like any other child," adds Poonam.
Like all parents, the uneducated Shambhu and Poonam want their children to get an education and seek a better life. As little Nunu plays with a tea cup, kneading a hand towel into it, her silver bangles jingle-jangle daintily. By her bedside, her parents watch her as she throws the tea cup, gets up and walks towards them.
No one could walk this earth better. If you looked into Poonam's face, that is what it seemed to say.
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Image: Like all parents, Lakshmi's parents want her to live the life of a normal child. "Only then can we think of life ahead," says her mother.
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