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Kaifi Azmi (1919-2002) was a prominent poet among the progressive poets of Urdu. His poetry voices a commitment to social justice and gender empowerment and is a celebration of India’s diversity and pluralism. His three major poetry collections are Jhankar (1943), Akhir-e-Shab (1947) and Awara Sajde (1973). The beauty and rhythm of Urdu poetry has kindled the imagination since ages and has never failed to transform and transmute the heart and soul of the reader. Kaifi Azmi has however widened the dimensions of Urdu poetry by creating an awakening towards a just and gender sensitive society and also by celebrating the finer nuances of love. The verse of Kaifi Azmi is a blazing torch of inspiration and motivation for young and old alike. This book is a translation of Kaifi Azmi’s Doosra Banbas, a collection of both famous and less known poems by him. The main poem “Doosra Banbas” expresses how grieved Ram was on his return from exile at the demolition of the Babri mosque and so he took up a second exile. The translation hopes to bring the best verses of Kaifi Azmi to the non-Urdu-knowing world.