She was found abandoned in a corner of Kashmir's lone maternity hospital, Lal Ded, in the early hours of July 28.

When we entered into the neo-natal ward and asked for the abandoned child. The nurses got curious and perhaps a little scared as well. They started kissing Zainab, thinking that someone has come to take 'their' baby now.

Source: Basit Zargar

"We don't know how would we feel when she will be adopted by someone. But we hope (that) whoever adopts her, should really take care of her and make her future better," they said and hoped that some able guardians will be selected soon.

Gulshan, a nurse, says she has been feeding her, buying clothes and whatever else she can manage. "I don't find any difference. She is just like my own baby. My children ask me to bring her home, but I can't as the matter is in the court," she says while kissing the baby.

Source: Basit Zargar