Introduction:

This nazm 'Makaan' talks of the irony of labourers who help construct a building with their blood and sweat but are not allowed to enter it after the construction work gets

completed.Kaifi Azmi, a leftist in his ideology , has a historical perspective when he refers to human habitat in caves in primitive state . The protagonist in this poetry inspires the workers to unite and fight for their rights with the conviction that a "window would open up in this very wall. "

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