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Gunga Din" (/ ˌ ɡ ʌ ŋ ɡ ə ˈ d iː n /) is an 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling set in British India. The poem was published alongside "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" in the collection "Barrack-Room Ballads". The poem is much remembered for its final line "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din".
‘Gunga Din’ by Rudyard Kipling describes the life and death of an Indian water carrier named Gunga Din. In the first lines of this poem the speaker addresses the nature of serving in India. This includes the heat, the atmosphere , war, and those he spent time with.
Gunga Din Poem. This poem is set in British India and is written from the point of view of a British officer about his water-bearer, Gunga Din. Initially, the master of the poor man abuses him. He is beaten and treated disrespectfully. At the end of the poem, Din saved the officer from a bullet and died while doing so.
Din! Din! ‘’Ere’s a beggar with a bullet through ’is spleen; ‘’E's chawin’ up the ground, ‘An’ ’e’s kickin’ all around: ‘For Gawd’s sake git the water, Gunga Din!’. ’E carried me away. To where a dooli lay, An’ a bullet come an’ drilled the beggar clean.
The poem's speaker describes Gunga Din in a very racist way: the native comes from a "blackfaced crew" and is a "squidgy-nosed old idol". He is a "'eathen" who is simple and stupid – a "good, grinnin', gruntin' Gunga Din".
Jul 12, 2023 · Rudyard Kipling’s “Gunga Din” narrates the story of a heroic Indian water bearer with the same name who serves in the British Indian Army during the colonial era in India. The poem, published in 1892, is narrated by a British soldier who reflects on his experiences with Gunga Din.
Gunga Din is a poem written by an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist, Rudyard Kipling in 1890. In this poem, one can see Kipling criticizing Britain’s colonialism and the exploitation of the subcontinent.
'Ere's a beggar with a bullet through 'is spleen; 'E's chawin' up the ground, An' 'e's kickin' all around: For Gawd's sake git the water, Gunga Din!" 'E carried me away To where a dooli lay, An' a bullet come an' drilled the beggar clean.
The catchphrase: ‘You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din’ has passed into the language, though many people use it without knowing its origins. There are about one hundred references to the poem in the Kipling Journal .
Gunga Din. /ˌɡʌŋɡə ˈdɪn/. /ˌɡʌŋɡə ˈdɪn/. a poem (1892) by Rudyard Kipling. It is written in the language of an ordinary British soldier praising a Hindu who carries water for the British Army in India and dies taking water to a wounded soldier during a battle.
