It’s a strange situation that Nahid Akhtar finds herself in. Having come to Mumbai from Gorakhpur, she is waiting for approvals from Maharashtra’s state authorisation committee, so that her husband can donate his kidney to her, even when he is willing to be the donor.

Waiting and hoping: Nahid Akhtar has been waiting for four months to get permission from the state authorisation committee, allowing her husband Shakeel (inset) to donate his kidney to her. Pics/Shadab Khanu00a0