My childhood was filled with stories of angels, invisible creatures who would descend upon the earth every now and again to bless people. I would fall asleep in my mother’s lap as she would narrate these stories, night after night.

However, when I grew up and heard of Mir Ghulam Muhammad Talpur from a friend, it dawned upon me that being an angel was well within the capability of humans.

A childless landlord, Mir Ghulam Muhammad Talpur, who used to consider every child as his own, was one such angel.