Listen "If - Rudyard Kipling"
Episode Synopsis
This poem is a universal favourite written by Rudyard Kipling in 1895. It is popularly quoted and and often a part of school syllabuses around the world. The poem, first published in Rewards and Fairies (1910), ch. 'Brother Square-Toes,' is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet's son, John.
The Indian writer Khushwant Singh considered the poem "the essence of the message of The Gita in English.
I hope you enjoy my humble rendition of a classic that lives on in every mind that reads it!
The Indian writer Khushwant Singh considered the poem "the essence of the message of The Gita in English.
I hope you enjoy my humble rendition of a classic that lives on in every mind that reads it!
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