Golden Sparrow Poem by Mohammad Younus

While going down the history pages...
...I find some invaders stitching together...
...the fragments of this vast piece of land...
...having no name;
They asked me, 'Is this Sindh? ...
...Is this the land of Sindhus?
I took a pause of couple of seconds...
...and said in reply:
'Give it a good name that suits...
...the mosaic pattern of its map';
'O. Kay. Let us call it HIND, and...
...its inhabitants Hindus'...
...came the cryptic reply from them.

A multi-cultural and multi-religious land:
...Hind, Hindustan! Now Bharat!
This is the land where various races, cultures...
...and languages meet: -
The aborigines (the natives) , Aryans...
... (coming from Central Asia) , and...
...Greeks, Arabs, Turks, and persians...
...mingled with one another through the ages;
This is the land of science and philosophy...
...which gave to the world...
...Mathematics, astrology, astronomy, and...
...great books like Four Vedas, and Upanishads;
This is the birthplace of Aryabhatta, and Buddha...
...Mahavira, and Guru Nanak;
This is the land where Islam added to its beauty...
...and gave it the philosophy of love and peace.

Then someone asked me:
Then why in this beautiful country, communal riots...
...lynching and killing of minorities and...
...marginalised communities, are taking place;
I was dumb-stricken and had no explanations to offer...
...for defending the new culture of fascism and...
....Islamophobia emerging in Hindustan...
...that colonisers named as India.

Has Hindustan lost its past glory when in the world...
...it was called Golden Sparrow?
With tears in my eyes, I said: Wait and see!
People of Hindustan will come together very soon...
...to recover the lost glory and honour of Hindustan;

MyKoul