DID WE BELONG TO THAT LAND ?

                                                                             

                   ( A  Kashmiri Pandit  woman outside her refugee tent in Muthi Jammu   )

 

 

My eyes are moist. The exile is tormenting, painful and real. So are the deaths of so many innocents. Today I am reminded of some couplets of poet Jaun Elia's. 

 

 

 

 

"Hum to jaise wahaan ke thay hi nahin

Be-amaan thay amaan ke thay hi nahin

un ko aandhi mein hi bikharna tha

baal o par aashiyan ke thay hi nahin

Ab hamara makaan kissi ka hai

hum to apne makaan ke thay hi nahin

hum ki hain teri daastaan yaksar

hum teri daastaan ke thay hi nahin

dil ne daala tha darmiyaan jin ko

log vo darmiyaan ke thay hi nahin.

ho teri Khaak-e-astaan pe salaam

hum tere astaan ke thay hi nahin

hum ne ranjish mein ye nahin socha

kuchh sukhan to zubaan ke thay hi nahin

us gali ne ye sun ke sabr kiyaa

jaane wale yahaan ke thay hi nahin"

 

 

( Avtar Mota )

  

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