Mohammad Minhajuddin by Nileen Putatunda
Promising LLM student of Jamia Millia Islamia,
You were brutally punished by the police
At the behest of their political masters,
Who want to divide India on religious lines,
In the central library of your university
Losing vision in your left eye,
But you have not lost your spirit in the least,
You want to do your PhD to serve Truth;
Know that Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi,
One of India’s finest cricket captains,
Who had lost vision in his right eye in an accident
Which did not much deter his batsmanship and fielding
And who is now in Allah’s army of angels,
Will specially heal your sight
Together with Mas Saraswati, Durga, Mary
Who are watching carefully and with anguish
The totalitarian state that the land of Ramakrishna and Gandhi
Has been turned into by Modi, Shah, and their sycophants,
Still oblivious of the wrath of the gods.
(with gratitude to Arunav Patnaik; Nitish Verghese; Rajdeep Sardesai; NDTV; all brave journalists; Google; Wikipedia; lexico.com)
21st December, 2019, Kolkata
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