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A Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya

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Poetry<br />

FIVE POEMS<br />

Chandrakant Deotale<br />

Translated by<br />

Nishi Tiwari<br />

PELTING STONES<br />

Our compassionate prime-minister<br />

Went for a Save Tiger Campaign.<br />

But why did he pass by the neglected children<br />

Of<br />

Jhabua-Dhar?<br />

Perhaps! If the tribal children had been<br />

Tiger cubs,<br />

Their turn too, would have come some day.<br />

Oh sure!<br />

These wild beasts are surely,<br />

Heritage <strong>of</strong> nature, a unique manifestation <strong>of</strong> its beauty.<br />

But, look at these children<br />

Wrapped in a million rags<br />

Pining endlessly for a morsel to chew.<br />

They too must have their moorings my lord!<br />

Well accounted for are these<br />

Tigers <strong>of</strong> Sunderbans.<br />

Their numbers, hyperbolically presented.<br />

How strange!<br />

January-March 2012 :: 147

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