How is Hindu religion or culture represented in the jungle book? (not the movie)?

Answer 1

The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling. He had accrued much knowledge about the jungles in India through listening to others and using research. All of the stories were published in magazines in 1893-4. The original publications contained illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling.

The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes two further stories about Mowgli) are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle" (The Long Recessional: the Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling David Gilmour, Pimlico, 2003 ISBN 0-7126-6518-8). The best-known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of an abandoned 'man cub' Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. The most famous of the other stories are probably "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", the story of a heroic mongoose, and "Toomai of the Elephants", the tale of a young elephant-handler.

As with much of Kipling's work, each of the stories is preceded by a piece of verse, and succeeded by another. The title of each is given in italics in the list of stories below.

The Jungle Book, because of its moral tone, came to be used as a motivational book by the Cub Scouts, a junior element of the Scouting movement. This use of the book's universe was approved by Kipling after a direct petition of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouting movement, who had originally asked for the author's permission for the use of the Memory Game from Kim in his scheme to develop the poor morale and fitness of working-class youths in cities. Akela, the head wolf in The Jungle Book, has become a senior figure in the movement.

The complete book, having passed into the public domain, is on-line at Project Gutenberg's official website and elsewhere.

"Mowgli's Brothers": A boy is raised by wolves in the Indian Jungle with the help of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, and then has to fight the tiger Shere Khan. This story has also been published as a short book in its own right. Night-Song in the Jungle; Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack.
"Kaa's Hunting": This story takes place before Mowgli fights Shere Khan. When Mowgli is abducted by monkeys Baloo and Bagheera set out to rescue him with the aid of Chil the Kite and Kaa the python. Maxims of Baloo; ''Road Song of the Bandar-Log.
"Tiger! Tiger!": Mowgli returns to the human village and is adopted by Messua and her husband who believe him to be their long-lost son Nathoo. But he has trouble adjusting to human life, and Shere Khan still wants to kill him. The story's title is taken from the poem "The Tyger" by William Blake. Kipling's preceding poem is untitled; Mowgli's Song.
"The White Seal": Kotick, a rare white-furred seal, searches for a new home for his people, where they will not be hunted by humans. The story may be considered an allegory for the Zionist movement, whose efforts to find a Jewish homeland started in the same decade when Kipling wrote the book. Seal Lullaby; Lukannon.
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Rikki-Tikki the mongoose defends a human family living in India against a pair of cobras. This story has also been published as a short book. untitled; Darzee's Chaunt.
"Toomai of the Elephants": Toomai, a ten-year old boy who helps to tend working elephants, is told that he will never be a full-fledged elephant-handler until he has seen the elephants dance. This story has also been published as a short book. untitled; Shiv and the Grasshopper.
"Her Majesty's Servants" (originally titled "Servants of the Queen"): On the night before a military parade a British soldier eavesdrops on a conversation between the camp animals. unititled; Parade-Song of the Camp Animals parodies several well-known songs and poems, including Bonnie Dundee.

Answer 2

pondering there are extraordinarily much 1000000000 Hindus immediately, its a secure guess to declare there'll nevertheless be lots in 2020 or perhaps 2100. "lots" could nicely be quite subjective. If the elders see 2 young people in a small community depart Hinduism they could call that "lots." additionally, the straightforward actuality is that each and each era complains with reference to the failure of the subsequent era. actually, they have been doing it by way of fact the invention of writing. custom is changing in India. i'm guessing that quite some caste regulations are not to any extent further being observed by many (and that i don't have self belief the government even recognises castes anymore), yet in simple terms by way of fact people are not following previous regulations does no longer recommend they're leaving at the back of their gods and their ideals. quite, the thought that religions are meant to proceed to be stagnant and unchanging creeps the hell out of me. How is a faith meant to handle my existence if its in keeping with an out-of-date custom?

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