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A book review of Gulzar's Caged: Memories Have Names, an autobiography in verse. Translated by Sathya Saran.

Urdu poets are famed for harnessing the beauty of this language to express pathos. Here are poems by some of the best shayars.

Amir Khusrau is an Urdu poet who uses paradox to great effect. He writes on the universal theme of love.

Ameer Minai's an Urdu poet who uses hyperbole to great effect in these short, poignant lines.