Friday, September 7

Partition


"Moslem refugees crowding a train that will take them from Delhi into Pakistan" read the caption of the photograph published in The Manchester Guardian on August 27, 1947

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  1. मनोज धीमान11:57 pm

    Qafila
    (A poem in Hindi by Manoj Dhiman/Ludhiana)

    Qafila tyar hai
    apni maati chod
    door kahin jane ko

    dil mein
    gamon ka bojh liye
    khinch chuki
    ek lakeer ke us paar
    chale jane ko

    safr shuru hone ke baad
    manzil
    mil bhi paigi yaa nahin
    kah nahin sakte
    hamein ab kahin
    apni zamin
    mil bhi paigi yaa nahin

    ho sakta hai
    raaste mein kahin
    qatl ho jayein
    janoonion ke
    haath lag jayein

    kuchh bhi ho
    itihaas gawah hoga
    ek lakeer ke liye
    janoon aisa bhi hua thaa
    kabhi kitabon mein likha hoga

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