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May 1987: Hashimpura Massacre, the Long Road to Justice, and a Poet s Lament On May 22, 1987, 42 Muslim men were were rounded up from the Hashimpura locality in Meerut by UP Provincial Armed Constabulary for their cold-blooded execution. Hashimpura, 1987. Credit: Praveen Jain mushaira on YouTube where preeminent Urdu poet Bashir Badr recited a rather mournful sher  tum taras nahi khaate bastiyan jalane mein (It takes a lifetime to build a house yet you remorselessly raze colonies to the ground) Badr didnât reveal the context of his sher and I took it as an incisive take on the unfortunate but all too common phenomenon of communal riots in the country. However, I inadvertently came across the context of his ....