Legendary Pakistani Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's nazm, 'Hum Dekhenge' has sparked an outrage after it was recited by some students who extended solidarity at their Jamia Islamia and AMU counterparts on IIT Kanpur Campus. The students expressed their displeasure over the public action against students on December 15.
An inspiring faculty raised objection to a few lines of the poem and even filed a complaint with the administration saying it assulted Hindu belief. Post the complaint, IIT Kanpur formed a committee to inquire all the complaints including the one against the recitation of 'Hum Dekhenge' on campus. A radio jockey, RJ Sayema, shared a video on Twitter with the translation of the poem explaining the context and the time it was written in. Watch the video here...