Sara Khan cradles her two-week-old baby in the sweltering summer heat of northern India, switching between comforting him and wiping her own tears. Dressed in a salwar-kurta and plastic slippers, she has journeyed almost 360km overnight to reach the border after the Narendra Modi government abruptly revoked her visa and ordered her to leave.
“I am 33 years old and my son just 14 days,” Khan says, holding her newborn close before crossing the Attari-Wagah border post in Punjab. “We were not even given time to seek a court stay. I got the call at 3am. I have been travelling since.”
