In those days, decisions were made far from faces and tears. Children were reduced to files, numbers, “situations to be managed.” Food supplies dwindled, energy ebbed away. Yet, despite everything, they held on. An older sister holding her little brother’s hand, a whispered promise, a silent solidarity among children.
Then, almost like a whisper carried on the wind, their story reached India, to the region of Gujarat. There lived a discreet but profoundly humane man: Jam Sahib Digvijay Singhji, ruler of Nawanagar. He had no obligation to act. No order compelled him. And yet, when the situation was explained to him, he asked a simple question: “How many children?”
The answer was clear. His decision was equally clear.
