He never shied away to share his thoughts through poetry. Here’s what renowned poet Munawwar Rana said about communalism back in 2012…
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00:00When I was 15-16 years old, I didn't know what a Hindu-Muslim was.
00:04Seeing this, even the kites were amazed.
00:07Now even the rooftops have become Hindu-Muslim.
00:22I started reciting poetry after reading Muzaffar Hanafi Sahib.
00:26Even today, I claim that the more poems I remember of Dr. Muzaffar,
00:31the less he remembers of his poems.
00:34Dr. Muzaffar is a great personality.
00:38He lives a very simple life.
00:41It is obvious that he is like a teacher to us, like an elder brother to us.
00:46So, you have a long history of fighting against communalism.
00:49You believe me, Samina,
00:51that I didn't even know, I was 15-16 years old,
00:56that I didn't know what a Hindu-Muslim was.
00:58In our childhood, all the rooftops in our rivalry,
01:03they weren't of a Hindu or a Muslim,
01:06they were of my aunts or my aunt's.
01:09After my father's death, when a wedding procession was coming to our neighbourhood,
01:14they said,
01:17don't play the baja here, we have an ancestor here,
01:21Anwar Rana has passed away.
01:23They said, he was a Muslim, so what?
01:26Our elders have learnt to say Ras-e-Ram from their ancestors.
01:31So, you see, we are from that country,
01:34we are from that city, I cannot tolerate it.
01:38I said, seeing this, even the kites have become astonished.
01:42Now, even the rooftops have become Hindu-Muslim.
01:44I have a lot of respect that I don't make bangles, nor do I make bangles.
01:50I don't make bangles, nor do I make bangles.
01:53In Ghazal, I make the past, the world.
01:56And Ghazal is that delicate class,
01:59which is made a lover of its companion, I make a daughter of it.
02:03Very good.
02:05Ghazal is that delicate class, which is made a lover of its companion, I make a daughter of it.
02:11The buds of my courtyard are the desires of the princes,
02:16The buds of my courtyard are the desires of the princes,
02:19but my problem is that I make a bindi.
02:23The couplet in this is that I, this city's,
02:26Samina sister, in your reference, the one who listens to Rajtaba TV,
02:31all the daughters and sisters have this couplet.
02:34All the girls of this city greet me.
02:39All the girls of this city greet me.
02:43I make a rakhi for the wrists of the children.
02:47Very good.
02:47All the girls of this city greet me.
02:51I make a rakhi for the wrists of the children.
02:54The couplet is that,
02:56every reward of the government is on gun making.
03:00How will I get it? I make a baisakhi.