DHARMON MAIN BHI

I would like to share this extremely topical and thought provoking song rendered by the Ahmedabad based activist couple Vinay Mahajan and Charul Bharwada during the course of the "Insaan Hain Hum" musical concert at the Potti Sriramulu Telugu University auditorium in Hyderabad on the evening of Saturday February 2,2013.......


Not only is this composition and rendition a telling commentary on today's divisive and intolerant times but the same also forces us to look inwards and examine our motives and reasons and asks us whether or not we still deserve to be called human beings......



Dharmon main bhi, jaati main bhi,

rishton main bhi, tyoharon main bhi,

daftar main bhi, sadkon pe bhi,

shahron main bhi, gaon main bhi,

chaurahon pe hinsaa hain charon pehar,

sarhad pe bhi dekho hain chhaya zehar,

in dino, in dino,

sochon main in dino,

kya hua in dino,

in dino, in dino,



jo ghar jalaa, woh kiska tha,

woh jo lutaa, woh kiska tha,

masjid giri, girije girey,

allah-ishwar ro pade,

koi masoom zinda jalaye yahaan,

aur kabron se insaan ukhade yahaan,



Meerut main bhi, Surat main bhi,

Mumbai main bhi, Jaipur main bhi,

is paar bhi, us paar bhi,

dangey main marte ik baar hee,

hum chup rahen kyon chup rahen,

hum to marte hain jee ki bhi kitni dafaa,

in dino, in dino,



chup rehnaa hi hinsaa ki shuruat hain,

kaatilon main giney jaani ki baat hain,

gaur se apne haathon ko dekho zaraa,

khoon in pe kisi kaa nahin to lagaa,

dekh lo, dekh lo, haathon ko in dino,

in dino, in dino,

soochon main in dino.......



Well, I can't speak about the rest of you, but this soulful rendition only served to reinforce my long held belief about dying a hero's death once rather than dying a coward's death a thousand times over....I have always raised my voice against any and every wrongdoing resoundingly no matter whatever the outcome and implore you to recognise the power of one and take an uncompromising and unequivocal stand against any and every ill plaguing both our society and nation as a whole.....

JAI HIND, JAI HINDUSTAN.........