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00:00 I am Pragya and I bring to you excerpts from the ear-opener issue of Outlook titled Poetry as Evidence.
00:07 Poetry must be brought before general public. Poetry offers that scope that we get affected and we feel.
00:14 Poetry expands the scope of storytelling. It is evidence of others' lives, of our times.
00:21 We remain grateful to Amar Kanwar who worked with us and edited this issue,
00:25 and to everyone who gave us their poems and images, to the reporters who gathered the poems,
00:31 to the designers and researchers who made it all possible.
00:35 Basti Anthem by Aman Kachha from Jharkhand, translated from Hindi by Kaushika Dravid.
00:42 In Basti we brawl and stay brothers, brimming with fervour all of us.
00:48 In Basti there is love in abundance, from the thatched hut to the palace.
00:54 Meet me in the akhara, we'll dance the jhumar. Visit me at home, I'll feed you the dhuska.
01:01 The Adivasis worship the sakura tree, we are content eating leftover rice.
01:07 I say Johar to all, humble or mighty. I am on front line fighting for water, forest and land.
01:14 When we dance to the beats of the mandar and the nagara, the whole of Jharkhand dances with us.
01:21 Madhua roti and marjor taste delicious. Nothing beats the beng saag chutney.
01:28 And what do I say about the new Jharkhand? Birsa lives here in every house.
01:34 Riches and poverty are secondary, fraternity comes first for us.
01:39 Look at my body burnish through field labour, in winter we warm ourselves at the bonfire.
01:46 Look how full of love this song of mine.
01:51 Read the year opener issue of Outlook.