ABSTRACT
Of all the writers from the West, Rudyard Kipling had probably the deepest affiliation to India. He had extensive and varied experience of the country, and he chose to make it the grand theme of his greatest works. This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book examines, explores and revaluates in Kipling’s connection with India and his writings about India, in terms of the locale, culture and language, the themes he chose to write on, and the historical and political contexts in which he wrote then and in which we read his works now. It presents essays that arises from an international conference organised by the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, with the Kipling Society UK extending collaboration in terms of subsidising the travel of several participants from the UK and gifting a set of books by and about Kipling to the library of the Institute.
