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"No 'native training' can quench' the white man's horror' of the serpent."

~ a romanticising narrator on his own subject that he is romanticising about.

So, quite inherent was the brand of racism of the less biased, much younger and inquisitive Kipling. I guess the inquisitive angle was the reason behind his fame among those inherently racist, as was thy Western world then, still is, but in a more nuanced manner.

Reading it was difficult. But it is my favourite Rusty’s favourite book perhaps. This book has had so much influence on my dearest Ruskin Bond. So I had to give it as many honest efforts as it demanded. Only the second big one worked. It is now picking up on me.