Through 100 pages of 'Poetry as Evidence', Outlook presents a selection of poems and verses that have moved us, and we feel these serve as evidence of our bleak times and lives.
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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 It is night since ages by Atharjya from Jammu and Kashmir.
00:40 Blood-red lips, lips redden. More and more tongues of fire touch heavens.
00:47 Door and windows pile high and higher. Shadows drip on roofs, one with the floor.
00:55 It is night since ages. Our blood boils, greens are steaming.
01:00 Add red of chillies, mint and other herbs. Grown not in our beloved soil.
01:07 No, it's not the meal we need, or crave or want, but we consume like hounds.
01:14 War sits in our mouths, an ancient soul, as old as God.
01:19 God, it has been ages since we kissed like humans.
01:23 Ages of feeding fire that touches heavens. We are as cold as hell.
01:29 For this and more, read the year-opener issue of Outlook.