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–“If there is a paradise on earth, it is here, it is here, it is here,” said Amir Khusrau, a renowned Indian Sufi poet, about Kashmir. But the Pahalgam perpetrators have made it bloody—

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In the Baisaran valley in Pahalgam,

On the 22^nd of April 2025,

While the tourists were freaking out in the meadows,

Helping themselves to a picnic lunch,

Under the bright sun.

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The terrorist struck,

With all their brutality,

Killing 26 able-bodied Indians,

In the worst of atrocities.

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It all happened in the beating heart of the Anantnag district,

Where the Lidder River whispers through the valley,

And the tall mountains stand in majestic grace,

In the Vale of Kashmir.

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The gruesome carnage was committed,

By AK-47-toting terrorists,

On a day that was meant to be peaceful and joyful,

Which humanity will never forget.

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They say,

Terrorism doesn’t have a religion,

But the terrorists proved it otherwise,

When unable to recite the Kalma,

They shot those hapless Indians,

In an inhuman style.

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But the Indians,

Never thought like that,

For they were always united in great style,

1.4 billion to be precise.

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The terrorists asked the victims to undress,

To prove their religion,

And that proved the point,

That terror has a religion.

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The victims were mostly young,

They were all bright,

They all had ambitions,

To come up in life.

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The worst came when they were shot dead,

In front of their wives,

Who wailed for their safety,

But the lethal Pakistani terrorists,

Failed to sigh.

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Being born a Hindu is no crime,

Being born in any religion is divine,

But perpetrating terrorism,

Is a terrible crime.

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It’s like Alexander Fleming versus Mikhail Kalashnikov,

One invented penicillin,

And the other AK-47,

One saved a life, the other killed the hapless,

Kalashnikov must be turning in his grave,

Seeing the legacy of his invention.

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Five Lashkar terrorists,

Brought India to an emotional halt,

But let there be no doubt,

In the minds of the killers and their handlers,

The young India is 65% of 1.4 billion,

That will not forget its revenge.

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–Terrorism is the worst crime against humanity. Life is only a sojourn on Planet Earth. Live with that in mind—

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Posted by Kamlesh Tripathi

Author, Poet, & Columnist

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