New Delhi, March 22 -- J.R.R. Tolkien was one of the most influential writers and scholars of the 20th century, widely regarded as the father of modern high fantasy literature.

Quote of the Day: "It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule."

- Gandalf The Return of the King Book Five, Chapter 9 - The Last Debate J.R.R. Tolkien.

Spoken by Gandalf, the quote reminds us that we don't control the entire course of the world or its future. Instead, our duty is to act rightly within our own time, to conf...