An insightful Nazm, it touches upon the past glory of the Aryans, the then-current conditions, and the prospects that lie in the future. Taking cue from Hali’s famous Musaddas ‘Madd-o-Jazr-e-Islam’, Kaifi composed a Musaddas of his own titled ‘Bharat Darpan’, which later came to be known as ‘Musaddas-e-Kaifi’. Initially, he not only took corrections on his poetry from Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali, but also emulated Hali’s ideas in his writings. Brij Mohan Dattatray Kaifi Dehlavi (1866-1955), also known as ‘Ashiq-e-Urdu’, was a prominent poet, playwright, novelist and essayist.
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