Inter-faith couple denied passport in India, in Lucknow

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It was supposed to be a routine visit to the passport office for Tanvi Seth and her husband Anas Siddiqui, an interfaith couple who have been married for 12 years in Lucknow, India. But according to an account posted by Ms Seth to social media, the pair were instead humiliated by a passport officer who refused to grant their applications and told Mr Siddiqui, a Muslim, that he should convert to Hinduism. The passport officer is alleged to have told Ms Seth she should have changed her name - a common Indian surname derived from Sanskrit - after marrying a Muslim. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly