Quote#Wisdom
India, as everyone knows, is divided equally between jungle, tigers,…
Quote byRudyard Kipling · 1865–1936
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Plain Tales from the Hills (1888), 1987. Kipling, R. 'Yoked with an Unbeliever'. In Plain Tales from the Hills . Oxford:Oxford University Press, 1987. Quoted from Malhotra, R., & Infinity Foundation (Princeton, N.J.). (2018). Being different: An Indian challenge to western universalism..
English (original)
India, as everyone knows, is divided equally between jungle, tigers, cobras, cholera, and sepoys
— Rudyard Kipling
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