It was around 5.30 pm in Kohima. Already dark, the electricity too had just gone off. The light from the firewood ablaze in one corner of the kitchen faintly revealed a pot cooking on top. A crying toddler clung to his father’s legs as he moved around the dark room. The toddler’s father, Boylene, 33, had arrived in Kohima from Manipur’s Kangpokpi that evening.
For the last few months, with no access to medical facilities in Manipur, Boylene was unable to take his critically ill father to a hospital. It was a long wait without a semblance of respite in the tensions before they decided to bring him to Kohima. Upon arrival, his father was immediately admitted to a private hospital. And Boylene came to the church to prepare supper for the family.
