Rudyard Kipling was born in Mumbai and lived with relatives in England between the ages of 6 and 17, when he returned to India. As a child he spoke English, Hindi and Portuguese. This is evident in his writing, which revolves around issues of language and identity. After returning to India, Kipling traveled around the… Continue reading The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack!
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You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water!
Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May, 1861 in Calcutta. Tagore began to write verse at an early age. After completing studies in England in the late 1870s, he returned to India where he published several books of poetry starting in the 1880s. In 1901, Tagore founded an experimental school in Shantiniketan where he sought… Continue reading You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water!