Faiz will get their goat once more, this time in Maharashtra
Championed by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, who argues {that a} stringent legislation is required to counter ‘city Naxals’, the Invoice has drawn widespread criticism from public intellectuals and rights activists.
The truth that the speaker referenced Hum Dekhenge and drew parallels between Pakistan underneath Zia-ul-Haq and the present political local weather in India was sufficient. A clip of the speech by which he says India goes by way of a fascist section was aired by a Marathi TV channel, and all hell broke free.
“At a time when our troops have been valiantly combating the Pakistani military, radical leftists in Nagpur have been busy singing Faiz,” the complainant fumed. He even quoted the road ‘Sab takht giraye jayenge’, studying it as an open name to rebel.
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For many who could take coronary heart in these rousing strains:
जब ज़ुल्म-ओ-सितम के कोह-ए-गिराँ
रूई की तरह उड़ जाएँगे
(When the mountains of tyranny/ Might be blown away like cotton wool)
[…]
सब ताज उछाले जाएँगे
सब तख़्त गिराए जाएँगे
(When the crowns shall be tossed/ And the thrones introduced down)
[…]
बस नाम रहेगा अल्लाह का
जो ग़ाएब भी है हाज़िर भी
जो मंज़र भी है नाज़िर भी
उट्ठेगा अनल-हक़ का नारा
जो मैं भी हूँ और तुम भी हो
और राज करेगी ख़ल्क़-ए-ख़ुदा
जो मैं भी हूँ और तुम भी हो
(All idols shall be solid out
From the Home of God
And we, the pure and trustworthy,
Will reclaim what was ours.
The mantra will rise: I’m the Reality!
And also you shall see, sure—
We will see)
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No arrests have been made but, however police report that they’re actively recording statements from those that attended the occasion. Attention-grabbing occasions for the state, with the Sangh pouncing on the legacies of each Phule and Faiz.
