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“Is there ought you need that my hands withhold?” Explain the meaning.

“Is there ought you need that my hands withhold?” Explain the meaning.

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  1. This is the first line of the poem The Gift of India. It is a rhetoric question to the world. Mother India asks the people of the world if she has ever denied anything what they asked for. In other words, India always lend a helping hand to those in need. However, here the poet is specifically talking about the most precious gift i.e. her sons who fought for British on foreign lands.

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