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Manzoor nahin... Not acceptable

'We are walking to uphold the idea of India'

Debraj Mitra And Snehal Sengupta Published 10.01.20, 08:45 PM

Alayka Aftab, a third-year sociology student at St Xavier’s College, recited a poem at the protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens on Mayo Road on Friday. The poem is transcribed below

Yeh humein manzoor nahin

Tum zulm karo aur hum chup rahe,

Yeh humein manzoor nahin.

Mazhab aur jaati ke naam par

tum humein bnaato,

Yeh humein manzoor nahin.

Jamhuriyat ko tum

tanashahi mein badlo,

Yeh humein manzoor nahin.

Tum humari ain to apni marzi se

todh-marodh kar pesh karo,

Yeh humein manzoor nahin.

Tum andha kanoon ka gala ghotkar

maar do,

Yeh humein manzoor nahin.

Hum rozgari maange aur tum

bill mein bill pass karte jao,

Yeh humein manzoor nahin.

Hum awaaz uthaye aur tum humari goonj ko goli ki awaaz se daba do,

Yeh humein manzoor nahin.

Tum apne dalalon aur gundo se

humein pitwao,

Yeh humein manzoor nahin.

Deshbhakti ke naam par tum aatankwad aur aman ke bajaye

nafrat failao,

Yeh humein manzoor nahin.

Tum azaad desh ko hawaalat

bana do,

Purey mulk ko kabar bana do,

Yeh humein manzoor nahin.

Main ek Muslim hoon aur meri zabaan Urdu hain,

Tum mujhe Pakistani bulao,

Yeh mujhe manzoor nahin.

Hum utne hi Hindustani hain, jitna ki tum. Shayad usse bhi zyada.

Tum humein kagaz dikhane ko kahon,

Yeh humein manzoor nahin.

Tum jo bhi kar rahe ho hum usse raazi nahin.

Is liye aaj is jamaat me hum buland awaaz se kehte hain

Yeh humein manzoor nahin.


Snapshots from the anti-CAA rally organised by the Forum for Democracy and Communal Amity

Participants in the march against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens on Mayo Road on Friday. Picture by Jaideep Chatterjee
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Participants in the march against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens on Mayo Road on Friday. Picture by Jaideep Chatterjee

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(From left) Author-columnist Devdan Chaudhuri, musician Amanda Sodhi and freelance copy editor Shahana Chatterjee. “We are walking to uphold the idea of India envisaged by its founding fathers,” Shahana said
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(From left) Author-columnist Devdan Chaudhuri, musician Amanda Sodhi and freelance copy editor Shahana Chatterjee. “We are walking to uphold the idea of India envisaged by its founding fathers,” Shahana said

Former Supreme Court judge Asok Kumar Ganguly
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Former Supreme Court judge Asok Kumar Ganguly

Author Amit Chaudhuri
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Author Amit Chaudhuri

A group of students from St Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Loreto College and South Calcutta Girls’ College at the starting point of the march
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A group of students from St Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Loreto College and South Calcutta Girls’ College at the starting point of the march

Jamia Millia Islamia student Aysha Renna N, who shielded a friend from the batons of Delhi police, and peace activist Harsh Mander. Aysha started her speech with “Aamra kaara? Nagarik!” to loud applause from the crowd
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Jamia Millia Islamia student Aysha Renna N, who shielded a friend from the batons of Delhi police, and peace activist Harsh Mander. Aysha started her speech with “Aamra kaara? Nagarik!” to loud applause from the crowd

Gulzar, a businessman from Gujarat who made Calcutta his home four years ago, was at the march holding an anti-CAA poster
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Gulzar, a businessman from Gujarat who made Calcutta his home four years ago, was at the march holding an anti-CAA poster

Septuagenarians Madhuchhanda Karlekar, who runs an NGO, and Sudha Kaul, the founder of the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy
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Septuagenarians Madhuchhanda Karlekar, who runs an NGO, and Sudha Kaul, the founder of the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy

Brishti Chanda, a law student, with her friend Srijata Bagchi of Shri Shikshayatan College
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Brishti Chanda, a law student, with her friend Srijata Bagchi of Shri Shikshayatan College

Shukla Sanyal, a former professor of history at Calcutta and Presidency universities, and husband Palash Baran Pal, emeritus professor of physics at CU
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Shukla Sanyal, a former professor of history at Calcutta and Presidency universities, and husband Palash Baran Pal, emeritus professor of physics at CU

Art college teachers (from left) Partha Gayen, Pradip Mondal, Arup Das and Tanmoy Banerjee stood at the gate of the institute. As the rally approached, they clicked pictures and eventually joined in
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Art college teachers (from left) Partha Gayen, Pradip Mondal, Arup Das and Tanmoy Banerjee stood at the gate of the institute. As the rally approached, they clicked pictures and eventually joined in

Sunil M Caleb, the principal of Bishop’s College
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Sunil M Caleb, the principal of Bishop’s College

Armed with posters and waving Tricolours, a group of around 30 students from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences came to the march
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Armed with posters and waving Tricolours, a group of around 30 students from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences came to the march

Sutapa Neogi, a former college teacher, and her daughter Mohor, a budding architect, walked in a rally for the first time on Friday
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Sutapa Neogi, a former college teacher, and her daughter Mohor, a budding architect, walked in a rally for the first time on Friday

Shabina Khan (left), a businesswoman from Park Circus, walked with neighbours 69-year-old Yasmin Saluja (right) and Shehnaz Khan
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Shabina Khan (left), a businesswoman from Park Circus, walked with neighbours 69-year-old Yasmin Saluja (right) and Shehnaz Khan

Santosh Rao (second from left) and Mohammad Shamir (extreme right), neighbours from Howrah’s Shibpur, came together with a poster. “We have grown up together and will continue to live here together, come what may,” said Rao, a trader
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Santosh Rao (second from left) and Mohammad Shamir (extreme right), neighbours from Howrah’s Shibpur, came together with a poster. “We have grown up together and will continue to live here together, come what may,” said Rao, a trader

Ankita Ali, a postgraduate student of Bengali at Jadavpur University and a painter, came with a poster that showed the “right place” for CAA-NRC-NPR
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Ankita Ali, a postgraduate student of Bengali at Jadavpur University and a painter, came with a poster that showed the “right place” for CAA-NRC-NPR

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