Love in the time of climate change: Indian poets pen green verses


By AGENCY

Children cool themselves in the river Gomati as northern Indian continues to reel under intense heat wave in Lucknow in the the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Temperatures in India have become dangerously hot because of climate change. Photo: AP

Indian poet Amandeep Singh has turned for inspiration to the peace of the mountains in the past, but the idea for his latest poem was born at a workshop on climate change in busy Mumbai.

His poem – She Came Back – which references a drying lake, solar panels, and the girl he loves riding an electric scooter – was the result of a unique collaboration between poets and researchers to create new works on love - and climate change.

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