Faiz will Remain
Faiz's brand of revolutionary poetry is an unparalleled realm of resistance and dissent. Perhaps there hasn't been any other poet, whose works have been so moving and inspiring in the lives of thousands of people out there, who for eternity are bound in the struggle against oppression. Faiz's poems were arrows sharply targeted against the injustice meted out to millions by the existing societal and political structure- and the governing regime was well aware of the potential danger his poems pose to their continued existence. Perhaps his poem "Hum Dekhenge", is one of the most influential poems in modern history. The poem fearlessly talks about a day, when tyranny will be washed away and the oppressed will be restored what is rightfully theirs. This was one poem which shook the military government under Zia-ul Haq in Pakistan fiercely.As part of his conservative drive, Zia-ul-Haq banned women from wearing Saree in Pakistan. In protest, Iqbal Bano, the famous Pa...