Bookmarked Musings: Reviving Kipling’s Kim
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Ramlal Agarwal analyses Rudyard Kipling’s Kim, observing the characters, plot, and writing in great detail.
Rudyard Kipling famously said,
“Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.” (The Ballad of East and West).”
Nevertheless, they not only meet but also walk hand in hand in his novel Kim (1901). This captivating novel explores the contrast between the mysticism of the East and the practicality of the West. It takes readers on a journey through the poetic heights of the Himalayan hills and the mundane plains of power and politics, all through a masterfully crafted story centred on a 13-year-old boy.
