My school friend Rachna was the sole breadwinner of her family that includes her father who is ailing with diabetes and mother who has arthritis and high blood pressure. She was a sufferer of depression for a long time and finally succumbed to it leaving her parents all alone.

We, her friends, are trying to help them as much as possible but it is getting difficult. Her dad needs hernia operation urgently and her mother has also been recommended a much needed knee-transplant operation. Meanwhile, they are finding it difficult to even take care of their daily needs at home after losing their only child.

I implore you to please help us out in this desperate moment. Rather than asking for their complete medical bills that would run in lakhs, we are asking for the milk of human kindness to flow enough just to provide them sustenance for a couple of months while we, Rachna's friends, try and find a source for more financial help to take care of their operations.

Please let the holiday spirit guide you, every penny matters. These are proud people who do not want to beg strangers for money but we cannot see them in pain. Please help.