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‘Dogle’: Poet Hussain Haidry’s new work is for people who ‘refuse to pick a side’

The ‘Hindustani Musalmaan’ poet composed the poem after the horrifying violence in Delhi in February 2020.

Scroll Staff
Jul 12, 2020 · 05:12 pm
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A poem on the "both-side-ism" after the violence in Delhi.

A post shared by Hussain Haidry (@hussainhaidry) on Jul 10, 2020 at 8:38am PDT

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