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By Kamlesh Tripathi
By Kamlesh Tripathi
Some things are hard to write about. Some
causes are hard to pursue. Some realities are hard to accept. But that’s life.
Yesterday, we were in Apollo Hospital,
Delhi, to offer financial help to a couple of children combating cancer quite stoically
and that too with a brave smile. As a cancer activist let me confess, I often
draw courage from such brave young children who fight cancer to the hilt. And I
rate them as the ultimate in the rungs of courage.
Tanmoy Anand was the first child we met
there. A male toddler, barely, a year and nine months, and suffering from Acute
Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL), hailing from Bihar. And it made me feel as if God
is really cruel. Tanmoy appeared a bundle of innocence, joy, pain and
hope. We wish him fast recovery.
The second child that we came across was Wamik
Habib from Baramulla, Kashmir. He is a ten year old son, of one Mr Habibullah,
a shopkeeper. Wamik was full of energy and no one could imagine he is suffering
from Burkitt’s Lymphoma as he was busy speaking to his folks back in Kashmir
while camping in the hospital with his father. We wish him a speedy recovery too.
Life strikes a different chord when you
meet someone who is on the wrong side of health and as a result of which the
philosophy of life changes at once. Each time I cross a hospital I feel God has
left a very thin line between the patients inside and me, and I must be
grateful to God for that.
Thanks to all our esteemed donors.
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