The Hindi literary world might now be a battlefield of contesting ideologies and showing decline in standard, quality and truth but it is imperative now to quote what Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena wrote in his poem "Desh kagaz ka naksha nahi hai" (A country is not a map drawn on paper) - "Keep this in mind the murder of a child the death of a woman the bullet-riddled body of a man is the decay not only of a regime but of the whole nation" This is a very sad poem for me and I hope same was true in case of Sarveshwar. The death of a seven year old boy while running away from Israeli forces who were brave enough to chase a seven year old way and kind enough to kill him after he falls is a matter of immense shock, heart wrenching pain and a perfect sad metaphor for description of how nationalism and religious identity is leading and making Israel and it's reaction to Palestine situation. The oppressed of past are oppressors of today is the dictum which could...