19/12/2019
A tribute to the students of JMI, AMU and other institutions who are defending the constitution.
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When clouds of cruelty have overshadowed.
The seed of hate has not only become a huge tree,
Rather it is ruining the land with its poisonous fruit,
Wher the flowers of love used to blossom.
When there is a web of hatred all over the country,
Like internet that shows its impact everywhere without being visible.
When the priests of power,
Are protecting the rapists,
And giving them respect to which they are not entitled.
When the keepers of the law,
Are putting victims in bars,
And breaking their trust which was ever on the law.
When enemies of peace,
Are trampling it under their feet,
And crushing plants of fraternity with their own hands.
When the dishonests,
Are selling their community for a few coins,
And are selling the future of their generations to the traitors.
The time has come now!
Get up and Fight for your Right
Will you still not rise/fight?
Or you are waiting for,
A Redcliffe to come and draw a line,
And divide us into "We" and "They".
Or you are waiting for,
70-year-old wound to begin to leak again,
Again a holi of blood to be played.
Millions of people become homeless again,
Or again millions to be killed.
Or you are waiting for,
A family should be divided into "We" and "They".
One member will come to "WE",
And the second one will live in the tent of "They".
Or you are waiting for
Your loved ones to be beaten before your eyes,
And be pushed behind the bars.
Or you are waiting for,
The dignity of India's daughters to be looted,
Or acid to be sprayed on them.
Or they be burnt alive.
And by resorting to the regime, the bloodthirsty be relaxed in their A/C houses.
Or you are waiting for,
You may be longing for morsal.
Or your blood to be sweated for their luxuriate.
Or your feet be chained, your hands be handcuffed,
And locks be put on the mouth.
Then you will not be able to speak for your right.
Nor will you be able to do anything.
Or you are waiting for,
An Ashfaq, a Bhagat, an Azad and a Bismil,
Or a Jauhar, a Bhim and a Gandhi.
They are not going to rise from their graves.
You have to fight your battles on your own.
Adopting Gandhi's ideals,
For this sweet land, you have to do Satyagraha.
You have to fight with enemies of the land, the priests of power.
You have to reject the law that divides this nation into "We" and "They".
Get up and fight!
For, Ashfaq and Bhagat of this country are you.
You are Azad of this nation.
The Bhim of this era are you.
You are the Gandhi of this era.
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