21 Feb 2010

Kipling's Indian legacy

Plans for a museum in Rudyard Kipling's Mumbai home commemorating the writer have been shelved following concerns that a memorial to the renowned imperialist and chronicler of the British Raj would be politically unpalatable. But is it time for Indians to reappraise him?

BBC's Andrew Walker reassesses the Indian-born writer's reputation, both in India and the UK.

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