Baby Damini

India's first introduction to Baby Damini was the back of her head, snuggled in tight to her father's chest as he ferried people in his cycle-rickshaw in Bharatpur in Rajasthan. That sight grabbed India's heart, leading to a deluge of offers for help.

Two-month-old Damini weighs just two kilos now, not ideal for a baby her height. But she is far healthier now than when she grabbed India's heart, slung to her father's chest as he ferried people in his cycle-rickshaw in Bharatpur in Rajasthan.

Baby Damini, who was brought to a Jaipur hospital two weeks ago as a malnourished and critically ill one-month-old, will be discharged today. Doctors say Baby Damini is now a healthier 2 kg and well enough to go home with her father, Babloo, who is a rickshaw-puller.

Four days after she was brought to a hospital in Jaipur in critical condition, Baby Damini is showing signs of recovery. Doctors say the malnourished infant has put on 200 gms -she weighed a paltry 1.4 kilos when she was admitted and diagnosed with septicemia and other infections.

Motherless baby Damini, who has been battling for life at a hospital in Jaipur, is showing signs of improvement, doctors attending to her said.

One-month old Damini is still in critical condition in hospital. But the baby, who till two days ago was strapped by her father to his chest as he pulled a rickshaw in Rajasthan, now has a whole country looking after her.

One-month old Damini is still in critical condition in hospital. But Baby Damini, who till two days ago was strapped by her father to his chest as he pulled a rickshaw in Rajasthan, now has a whole country looking after her.

For the month-old infant Damini, whose father, rickshaw puller Babloo, was forced to earn his daily wage even as he kept her strapped to his chest, it is a struggle between life and death. At just 1.4 kilos, she is severely malnourished and is also suffering from a blood infection. Doctors say she will probably need transfusion.

India's first introduction to Baby Damini was the back of her head, snuggled in tight to her father's chest as he ferried people in his cycle-rickshaw in Bharatpur in Rajasthan. That sight grabbed India's heart, leading to a deluge of offers for help.

Two-month-old Damini weighs just two kilos now, not ideal for a baby her height. But she is far healthier now than when she grabbed India's heart, slung to her father's chest as he ferried people in his cycle-rickshaw in Bharatpur in Rajasthan.

Baby Damini, who was brought to a Jaipur hospital two weeks ago as a malnourished and critically ill one-month-old, will be discharged today. Doctors say Baby Damini is now a healthier 2 kg and well enough to go home with her father, Babloo, who is a rickshaw-puller.

Four days after she was brought to a hospital in Jaipur in critical condition, Baby Damini is showing signs of recovery. Doctors say the malnourished infant has put on 200 gms -she weighed a paltry 1.4 kilos when she was admitted and diagnosed with septicemia and other infections.

Motherless baby Damini, who has been battling for life at a hospital in Jaipur, is showing signs of improvement, doctors attending to her said.

One-month old Damini is still in critical condition in hospital. But the baby, who till two days ago was strapped by her father to his chest as he pulled a rickshaw in Rajasthan, now has a whole country looking after her.

One-month old Damini is still in critical condition in hospital. But Baby Damini, who till two days ago was strapped by her father to his chest as he pulled a rickshaw in Rajasthan, now has a whole country looking after her.

For the month-old infant Damini, whose father, rickshaw puller Babloo, was forced to earn his daily wage even as he kept her strapped to his chest, it is a struggle between life and death. At just 1.4 kilos, she is severely malnourished and is also suffering from a blood infection. Doctors say she will probably need transfusion.