People have been known to give their children bizarre names . Last year, when the novel coronavirus came into existence, there were headlines that parents have named their newborn babies names such as Lockdown, Corona, Sanitiser, etc.
God bless them.
Now, a similar incident has come to light when a couple was blessed with a baby at the Attari border . Now, the baby’s name is ‘Border’.
Born on December 2, 2021, Border’s parents had been stranded at the Attari border for the last 71 days along with 97 other Pakistani citizens.
Nimbu Bai and Balam Ram, residents of Rajanpur district of Punjab province, said that the baby had been named so because he was born at the Indo-Pak border. Nimbu Bai went into labour on December 2 and some women from the neighbouring villages lent a helping hand to the pregnant woman to deliver the child.
According to an news report, the locals arranged medical facilities for the delivery. Balam Ram said that he came to India on a pilgrimage with 98 other citizens and struggled to return home due to the lack of requisite documents. Out of the people stranded, 47 are children – six of them were born in India and are below the age of one.
Another couple stranded along with Nimbu Bai and Balam Ram, named their son ‘Bharat’. He was born in Jodhpur in 2020.
The families stranded at the border are currently camping in a parking lot near the Attari international check-post. The locals have been kind enough to provide them with three meals a day, along with other necessities like clothes and medicine.