Kerala is among the few states that allows a liberal interpretation of the law on kidney donations from those who are not related to the recipient.
New Delhi: “You are the light in the darkest moment of my life,” said Paul.
“We follow the religion of humanity, we are brothers,” replied John.
These were the first words they exchanged when they met for the first time three months ago. When Sakhi John, a professor of management studies at Jamia Hamdard University in Delhi, travelled over 2,500 km to meet Shaju Paul, who works as a bus-cleaner and lives on a small patch of forest reserve land in Peechi, a village in Kerala’s Thrissur.
On December 21, John will make that journey again — this time, to donate his kidney to this “complete stranger” at Lakeshore Hospital in Kochi.
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