A woman named Nimbu bai, stranded with her husband Balam Ram and 97 other Pakistanis, gave birth to a baby boy at the Attari border. She later named her boy ‘Border’ to commemorate his unique place of birth.
When asked the reason behind the unusual name, the couple said that the baby had been named so because he was born at the Indo-Pak border. On December 2, Nimbu Bai went into labor following which a few women from the neighboring Punjab villages arrived to assist her in delivering the child. The locals also extended help by arranging medical facilities for the delivery.
Another Pakistani citizen at the border, Lagya Ram, named his son ‘Bharat’ when he was born in December last year. The locals have been providing them with three meals day, medicines, and clothes.
The child’s father Balam Ram said he and the other citizens from Pakistan couldn’t return home after a pilgrimage to India due to the lack of requisite documents. Of the 97 citizens, as many as 47 are children and six of them were born in India.
