मुनव्वर और हिंदुस्तान
मुनव्वर का जाना - Jan 2024
आज मर कर वो सारे जवाब दे गया
जिरह करने वाला वो सुखनवर ख़ामोश हो गया
मिट्टी से मिल मुन्नव्वर ख़ुद मुल्क हो गया
मुनव्वर राणा आज यक़ीनन हिंदुस्तानी हो गया
Munawwar Rana wrote about 'mothers' and 'mitti'. He cared for his motherland as much as any other Hindustani, yet he was attacked, called anti-national and asked to move to Pakistan, for speaking his mind. Funny thing is: Rana’s poetry is so deeply, stubbornly Indian that even Pakistanis would say - “Bhai, this one belongs to you.”
"In a Democracy, poets aren’t dangerous, The Demagogues scared of poets are"

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