I am a Muslim, and I love my India
\nYes, unconditionally I love my India
\n[Despite any religious affiliation
\nDespite a number of allegations
\nDespite Babri mosque demolition
\nDespite cow ban, madrassa education
\nDespite, discrimination, humiliations
\nDespite varied human rights violations
\nDespite a lot of criticism
\nAnd suspecting my nationalism
\nWholeheartedly I love my nation
\nBecause I am a native Citizen
\nOf this great nation
\nLike any other fellow citizen
\nAnd no one\u2019s hatred, or tyranny
\nTowards me, my religion or community
\nCan derail me from loving my country
\nThe fellow citizens or any community
\nBecause, unreservedly I love my country
\nYes, I am a Muslim, and I love my India
\nYes, unconditionally, I love my India<\/p>\n
Yes, more than anybody I am an Indian
\nAnd more than anybody I love my nation
\nYes, I am a Muslim, and I love my India
\nYes, unconditionally, I love my India]<\/p>\n
Beautiful are its mountains, rivers and plains
\nBeautiful is every particle of my motherland
\nI love its dust and the sand
\nNothing else suits to my mind
\nI will live, I will die, for my motherland
\nIt will remain in my soul, blood and veins
\nNo hatred, I have towards any nation
\nBut I simply love my nation
\nHindu, Muslim, Sikh or Christian
\nAll are my sisters and brethren
\nYes, I am a Muslim, and I love my India
\nYes, unconditionally, I love my India<\/p>\n
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Ashaq Raza, Ph.D.: <\/em>Ass. Professor of botany, Govt. College for Women, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu<\/em>; former director of research at Eritrean Institute of Technology; currently an academician in Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir (India). Founder\/president \u201cAttitude Change International\u201d, a non-profit peace NGO engaged in sustainable peace and development; cha<\/em>rter president, Rotary Club of Darhal Malikan. Website: www.humanrightsforpeace.blogspot.com<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am a Muslim, and I love my India
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