Over two weeks have passed since Captain Sunil James, who has been languishing in Togo, lost his infant son Vivaan to septicaemia. Vivaan’s family is living in constant hope that Sunil will arrive in the nick of time for the last rites, though it has been a week since they last heard him speak, for barely 30 seconds.

On his visit to the James family’s home, Agnelo Gracias, the auxiliary Bishop of Mumbai, blessed Aditi, and expressed hope that sustained media exposure, as well as church intervention, could help the family get in touch with Sunil. Pic/Nimesh Dave