Most of the readers of my blog, I am sure, are aware of the gruesome killings of protesting peasants and farmers by the West Bengal state in India that happened almost a month before. It has got considerable media coverage and some good in-depth analyses are readily available on net. As a mark of respect (I hate to 'sympathise' with a good cause) I wrote few words: Pukaar Aur, is aasmaan ke saaye mein Ye zameen jo door talak dikhti hai, Lahoo ke rang mein zinda hokar Khoye kadmon ke nishaan doondhti hai, Lab jo sil gaye the bebasi mein Ek "Pukaar" jo sulagti thi khamoshi mein, Sathon (surface) ko chirkar jo nikla wo Wo maut hi tha jo zindagi mein utra wo, Kuch mitt gaye, kuch mita gaye Ek aag dilon mein laga gaye, Takht-e-siyaasat to na palat sake, par Takht-e-umraan wo hila gaye. This time to "aid" my readers, I have also done an English version (and NOT a translation). I think I am seriously incapable to do a translation of the above; so the following is j...
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