"The way the ball bounces.........."

kaisi udaasi tere chehre pe chaayi, Jo haste haste teri aankhen nam aayi; Masoom se is dil ko yu na sata, kuch toh hain, kam se kam tu khud ko bata.                                            Source - Lil Sis

I seek no penance; for all that I do, I claim no sympathy, for sins that occurred, Minority we form, religious we differ, Believe in Salah and bow before him. You, the majority, vibrant and joyous, Sing kirtans and bhajans, doing yagna, pujas, Sing in unison, believe in solidarity, Sing praises of community, yet remain divided. We live in your shadows, of landlord masters, The fields, forests, huts, the fear, the guilt, Insults, all that I hear of ‘cision and hair, Food we eat; wives that we hold, culture that we breathe. The good ignored, the evil emphasized, Voices rose lost in the crowd, for the fear, We lay low, none to back, we played the mouse, The grounds claimed secular, but none guarded. All headed into one another, some sweat while others bled, But all lead life less glam, more miserable, All denied, we reached nowhere, Every step bore a weight, eventually we felt tired. Set aside, work, study, health, Mockery is all I he...