The response to the Jains’ brave gesture has been overwhelming. “We only realised we had done something special when hundreds of people wrote to us, phoned us to thank us for what we had done,” said Arun.

Despite their immense loss, the Jains got on with their life. Their eldest daughter got married and the second daughter joined college. For several months, Mamta worked on putting the album together, adding photographs and pasting the sympathy letters in the end. She has written poems for her son, even an imagined letter from Aman addressed to her, asking her not to grieve for him.

The illegal kidney transplant scandal has brought back memories of their son’s death and their decision. “The government has to get more realistic about these laws. In addition to a massive awareness generation on the need to donate, they should legalise the sale of organs. There is a need that has to be met and it should be legalised in some form,” said Arun. His wife agrees. “There are several people like us who may want to donate if someone were to ask them,” said Mamta.

India follows the system of ‘opting-in’ which means that the relatives have to agree to donate unlike the ‘presumed consent’ in Spain, Belgium and Austria where the government presumes you want to donate unless you register an objection.

For the Jains, it’s back to the memories of their son. Aman loved cars and cricket, just like any other 14-year-old. But in his death, he did what few have done in India-given life to 11 people.