“Even children followed with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 183.
“Why not all three? I have worked hard on each (stated with pride and an endearing smile).”
On being asked if he would like to be remembered as a historian, journalist, or fiction writer?
Khushwant Singh: "Japji Sahib is Based on the Upanishads
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