Biratnagar, Dec. 24 -- Sometimes a single human heart binds two nations together-without maps or diplomacy, only through humanity. Such is the story of Durga Kami, a 21-year-old orphan from Surkhet, who today lives with the beating heart of an Indian man inside her chest.

Ernakulam General Hospital in Kerala successfully completed its first-ever heart transplant, an operation that has since become a powerful symbol of medical achievement and cross-border compassion.

Durga, who travelled to Kerala in late June seeking treatment, was suffering from cardiac sarcoidosis, a rare and severe heart condition. She had lost her mother and elder sister to the same disease during childhood, while her father had passed away earlier. After seeking tr...