Iqbal’s poetry unifies Pakistan and India at border – Pakistan

SIALKOT: The poetry of Allama Iqbal has become a point of unification at the border posts of Pakistan and India in Sucheetgarh, at the Sialkot working limit. The Rangers of Pakistan and the Border Security Force (BSF) of India are almost no face-to-face on any issue, given the rivalry and frequent tension at the border, but their small posts, however They present a unique image as the lines of Two of Iqbal's famous poems have been written there by both parties in Roman writing.

Sucheetgarh is a village in the Jammu district on the Indian side, 27 km from the city of Jammu.

It is surprising to see that India has written Iqbal's verse "Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara" from his poem Tarana-i-Hindi in his zero-point publication in the Sucheetgarh sector, while Pakistan also responded by writing "Muslim Hain Hum , Watan Hay Sara Jahan Hamara, "the second couplet line of his later poem, Tarana-i-Milli, at the Pakistani border post. The lines have been written on the flags of both countries painted on the wall.

According to Wikipedia, Tarana-i-Hindi, was originally written by Allama Iqbal as a children's poem. It was published in the weekly Ittehad in 1904. The following year, Iqbal recited his poem at the Government College Lahore. It soon became a hymn of opposition to British rule in India.

Iqbal wrote Tarana-i-Milli in 1910, whose first two lines are Cheen-o-Arab hamara, Hindustan hamara / Muslim hain hum, watan there are sara jahan hamara. Both poems published in Bang-i-Dara, first published in 1924, also represent the poet's mentality difference. However, its lines written on both sides of the border show that it is owned by both countries.

Mahatma Gandhi used to sing Saarey Jahan Sey Accha and when he was imprisoned in the Yerwada prison in Pune during the 1930s. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh quoted the poem at his first press conference after becoming prime minister.

The Iqbal lines of two different poems at the checkpoints on the Pakistani side and the other on the Indian side also make an interesting point, as they represent different views of both states. People from Pakistan and India who visit the zero point in Sucheetgarh express surprise by reading the Iqbal lines on both sides in the vicinity.

What is interesting to note is that Allama Iqbal, the son of the famous Sialkot soil, is still spreading fragrance of peace, love, religious harmony and unity on both sides along the Sialkot Work Limit despite the passage of more than a century since he wrote these poems

Published on Dawn, November 9, 2019