Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies, Online ISSN 2278-8808, SJIF 2016 = 6.17, www.srjis.com UGC Approved Sr. No.49366, NOV-DEC 2017, VOL- 4/37 https://doi.org/10.21922/srjis.v4i37.10549
THE PORTRAYAL OF INDIAN BACKDROP IN RUDYARD KIPLING’S KIM: A DIASPORIC PERSPECTIVE Bhagvanbhai H. Chaudhari, Ph. D. Assoc. Professor, Dept. of English, the KNSBL Arts and Commerce College, Kheralu Gujarat (India)
The diasporic literature helps us in understanding various cultures in a broader perspective. Indian Diasporic writing seems a very significant set-up linking the entire world. The Indian Diaspora has attempted to bring astonishing realities located in the Indian rural culture. The European travelers and the orientalists have revitalized the varied culture of India and enriched the English literature through their literary work. Rudyard Kipling lived in India for some years, hence was fully acquainted with the people and entire way of life in India. Kim (1901) by Rudyard Kipling, is a remarkable novel which portrays diverse religions of India, its people and culture. The novel represents a multicolored picture of India viewing its indigenous spirit. It focuses on a life of Kim, a boy of Irish descent, who is orphaned and grows up as a native Indian. Taking into consideration the various facets of the novel, it seems that Kipling generates the realistic portrayal of Indian life. He very honestly depicts the indigenous spirit of Indian backdrop through this novel. This beautiful land itself remains the theme of novel. Keywords: diasporic literature, Indian culture and landscape, people, indigenous spirit, beliefs, spirituality, beautiful land. Scholarly Research Journal's is licensed Based on a work at www.srjis.com
The diasporic literature helps us in understanding various cultures in a broader perspective. The quests for identity, nostalgia, insider and outsider condition, etc. are considered the major characteristics of diasporic writings. Indian Diasporic writing seems a very significant set-up linking the entire world. If viewed positively, diasporic literature generates good-will and makes possible a cordial relationship. It supports the value based culture. The European travelers and the orientalists have revitalized the varied culture of India and enriched the English literature through their literary works. India has remained multi-cultural, multi-religious, multi-regional and multi-lingual land since centuries. The most appealing thing about India is its unity in diversity. The manifold diversity of languages, cultures, tribes, communities, and religions has neither split up, nor ruined its status as a nation for many centuries. The task of re-creating the nation and re-writing of history took place in almost all the colonized nations, the tools and the methodology continued to change along with the rhetoric Copyright Š 2017, Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies