Bleeding

My heart bled again
Irrespective of her effort to be a better person
she cannot be too inclusive
because of her exposure to a cultural region
which is the breeding ground of right wing nationalism.
The difference in ideology
sometimes becomes so prominent
that I suddenly start cringing. 
In our country, we--people of Bengal and Punjab
even today feel the pain of partition.
Probably, the way we would understand
Manto and Chughtai; No body would!

Lucknow, India

(Note: A bit biased. Anybody can feel the pain of partition if they want to!).