To A Chinese Refugee Child
This
long poem " To A Chinese Refugee Child" was written by the poet in 1942.
The Sino- Japanese war was at its height and the tales of Japanese
brutality were on the front pages of all news papers.
The
poet was deeply touched by this photograph of a forlorn scared Chinese
child that appeared in one of the newspapers and this poem was born
This poem was rendered in English by Prof. Mrs. Kusumavati Deshpande, Professor of English literature at Morris College Nagpur ,India. Besides being an eminent critic she is also the wife of the poet.
