Kim Rudyard Kipling Analysis

Kim is a novel written by Rudyard Kipling who was a noble laureate. The story is written against the backdrop of the political battle between Russia and Britain in Central Asia.[1] It is set after the Second Afghan War and before the third.[2] The novel portrays the rich culture and religious traditions of India with its huge populace.[3]Kim was ranked 78th out of 100 best English novels by the Modern Library[4] and in 2003 was ranked the best read novel on the BBC’S Big read.[5]

This story is set in the late 1890’s in British India and revolves around an orphaned British boy called Kimball O’Hara[6] in short referred to in this novel as Kim. Kim’s mother an Irish woman dies when he was born, and his father a former colour-sergeant of the

Another member of the Indian secret service Hurree Babu gives Kim a silver amulet that will identify him as a member of the Secret Service to other members, and then sends him on his way.
Meanwhile the lama in Kim’s absence has travelled far and wide and has visited many holy Buddhist places but is still sure that the river of arrow is the only way he will attain salvation. The lama comes to know that Kim would be coming back to him and is very thrilled at the prospect of having his chela back with him.
After Kim meets the Lama they both in their search for the river of arrow, decide to meet the old Kullu woman who stays at the foot of the Himalayas. Once they reach that place they are surprised to see Huree Babu in the garb of a muslim doctor. Babu then apprises Kim about the reason for his visit to kullu, exclaiming that two Russian agents (one of them being French) were busy trying to make friends with the five rebel kings who were residing on the northern borders between British India and