(Tinat Atifa Masood is the ex Vice-Chairperson of Minority Dept., APCC. An Actor, producer, director, Scriptwriter, Voice-over Artist, Writer, Poet, and a singing enthusiast at Siang Valley Production.)
Yes, yes, yes!
Go ahead
Get your sticks,
Get your swords,
Get your daggers,
Strip them, yes,
Strip them naked!
You’re right,
They have no rights,
No rights to live,
No rights to drink water from your well,
No rights to cast their shadow on yours,
Oh yes, you’re the elite,
The pure,
The clean,
The one and only humans that God has created,
And they are the vile, the dirty, the impure,
The Untouchables
The animals…..
That you think you have rights to beat,
Malign, strip, kill…..every day!
Of course, I agree, they have no rights to live!
But why should they even try to live?
You embarrass them every time for their
Wish to stay alive
For their dream to have equal rights
Like you!
Your devious plans every day to prove
That you’re the best ‘breed’
Is making them stronger,
As they sharpen their skills and more;
To strike back at you
When the time is right!
And all this happens in a country which believes in secularity while some king somewhere in the nation maintains a veiled silence, as if……..!!
