“My name is Shubham Balu Gunjal. I became a father just 21 days ago. Instead of celebrating her arrival, I am watching my tiny daughter fight for every breath inside the NICU at Namco Hospital, Nashik.

She was born extremely premature… weighing just 900 grams. Smaller than my palm. So fragile that even touching her feels like I might hurt her.

Doctors told us she is battling Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pneumonia, and Sepsis. Words I had never heard before suddenly became the center of my world.