Second Jungle Book: How Kipling Predicted Today’s Climate Crisis
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL VIDEO . Welcome to an exploration of one of literature's most overlooked treasures—Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book . Published in 1895, this remarkable collection deserves far more attention than it typically receives, particularly for its prescient environmental themes and nuanced portrayal of human-animal relationships that remain strikingly relevant today. The Book That Lives in a Shadow Most readers know about The Jungle Book and its iconic protagonist Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. Fewer realize that Kipling wrote a sequel—The Second Jungle Book—which deepens and expands the universe of the first work with equal literary merit and greater philosophical complexity. Published over a century ago, much of this collection was written while Kipling resided in Vermont, yet it remains firmly rooted in the landscapes, wildlife, and cultural fabric of colonial India. The Second Jungle Book contains eight stories: five ...