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Rudyard Kipling, the poet of all times, speaks about the involvement and evolution of
life. He visualizes the mankind in few stanzas, which reflect the aim and conclusion of
every being.
The master’s work was
concerned with what was being done rather than what was being said – or thought
– in the modern world. His greatest poems looked at the end of an epoch and not to a
utopian future. He was rightly called the Recessional; his message to his generation was
to take up the white man’s burden.
Thou knowest who hast made
the fire,
Thou knowest who hast made the clay,
Compounded by two elements
– fire and clay – he reveals a part of his soul, which reflects man’s
surroundings. Take The Jungle Books and Kim for instance – both reflect the conflicts
that every person passes through at some point of time.
Rudyard Kipling, with his
immortal classics, helps and encourages many. Even today, his life and work inspire us to
be ourselves and believe in the Divine Law.
If there be good in that I
wrought
Thy Hand compelled it, Master, Thine –
Rudyard had always followed the Divine Law.
He said : "I expect that every man has to work out his creed according to his own
wavelength and the hope is that the Great Receiving Station is tuned to take all the
wavelengths."
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