Ask Your Heart Poem by Akhtar Jawad

Ask your heart if it talks to you,
if it would be your Tutal
in place of this Kashmiri girl,
how would have you seen it,
and how would have you cried for her,
what would have been your sentiments
about use of Pellet Guns.
My dear daughter Ruma,
what would have been your feelings
if Britishers have used Pellet Guns
against your grand parents,
during their fight for freedom.
Is their any ethics that permits to deshape
beautiful faces in the ugly ones.
Think, think twice before you ink.
Ruma it's also terror
and must be condemned by one
who claims to be a human.
As far as terror of Muslim extremists is concerned,
I have always condemned it,
and I condemn it once again.
Will you as a good Hindu woman
condemn the use of Pellet Guns in Kashmir?