Kipling’s India

Kipling’s India

With a film version of The Jungle Book, based on the work of Rudyard Kipling, one of the giants of English literature, released on the big screen last year, and another version starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett out this year, the world’s biggest democracy has been drawing much attention. Go on the trail of the author’s footsteps in India, from Shimla – the area covered by the author as a young newspaper reporter – to the ever-bustling city of Mumbai, where he was christened at St Thomas Cathedral.