The Attari-Wagah border crossing symbolizes the divisions between India and Pakistan, where individuals like Saira and Farhan, who come from mixed national backgrounds, are forced to separate. Following a political escalation, India mandated that nearly all Pakistani citizens leave the country, compelling Saira, her husband Farhan, and their infant son to confront a painful goodbye. With identities entwined in their love yet dictated by passport colors, they illustrate the complex human costs of geopolitical tensions between the two nations.
At the checkpoint guarded by barbed wire and barricades, their only identity is the one defined by the colours of their passports: Saira's green and Farhan's blue.
But then a guard stepped forward, pointing to Azlan's passport. It was blue. Not the baby, madam, he told Saira, as she held her son in her left arm.
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