Posthumous Pals: Kipling and Orwell as enemies of critical theory*

In this discussion of Kipling and Orwell, it is important to remember that in days gone by, many people of English descent were born in India. They were called Anglo-Indians. This does not mean, as it usually does today, that they were mixed race.

Even though many Anglo-Indians spent their lives serving the people of India, they did not regard themselves as being “Indian”. For them,…

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