I put up a post earlier featuring Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar, a Muslim, who dedicated his life to Dhrupad, a form of Indian Classical Music that originated from the Hindu tradition.
Today I introduce you to his brother in arms, Sampooran Singh Kalra (Pen Name: Gulzaar 🙂), a Hindu Punjabi who chose Urdu as his language of poetic expression 🙂 and created such beauty in verse that he is regarded as one of the best Urdu poets to have ever lived 🙂!
I invite you to read this article that sheds light on his life and work: Gulzar - Wikipedia
This is how glorious and beautiful we are as a people 🙂!
That is why I say that there's just no chance of India ever losing its secular spirit. We're just too educated, too refined, for that kind of mindlessness 🙂. We will never be a Hindu Nation or an Islamic Nation or a Sikh Nation or a Christian Nation because such divisions simply do not make any sense! Those who want to live in religion-centric countries are welcome to emigrate to other parts of the world 🙂.
The identity that binds us together is simply: Indian. That's it 🙂.
(Note: As you reflect on the post above, bear in mind that I have supported the present government every time they acted to cancel minority appeasement freebies (Haj Allowance, PM Iftar Parties, Triple Talaaq, Article 370 - Kashmir lost the moral right to ever demand anything in January 1990). But from 2019 to 2024 their speeches and IT Cell actively spread hatred against ordinary Muslim citizens. Not only can this not be allowed, it is fundamentally nonsensical. To understand this better, I invite you to read: Strike a Pause: Why Push Away Muslims? (strike-a-pause.blogspot.com))
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