Kari the Elephant (Version 2)
Kari the Elephant is a 1922 work by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. The book is the first among those written in English by an Indian author in the category of children's literature. Kari the Elephant is a bildungsroman narrative that unravels the relationship shared by the protagonist boy and Kari the elephant and the adventures the boy, along with Kari and Kope, the pet monkey go through living by the edge of the forest is quite mesmerizing. Their relationship grows stronger with each adventure and their lives defy the boundaries between human and animal society. Set in a colonial Indian village, the treatment of nature and natural life along with the infiltration of capitalist mindset runs as a background to this narrative that eventually endangers this unique relationship the boy and Kari share. (Summary by Mahimaraj)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure, Animals & Nature
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Bringing Up Kari | Mahimaraj |
00:19:11 |
| Play 02 | How Kari Saved Our Lives | Mahimaraj |
00:10:59 |
| Play 03 | Kari Goes to Town | Mahimaraj |
00:22:00 |
| Play 04 | Kari's Adventure in Benares | Mahimaraj |
00:17:44 |
| Play 05 | The Jungle Spirit | Mahimaraj |
00:13:19 |
| Play 06 | Kari's Story | Mahimaraj |
00:21:32 |
| Play 07 | The Tiger Hunt | Mahimaraj |
00:22:09 |
| Play 08 | Kari and the Quick-sand | Mahimaraj |
00:10:22 |
| Play 09 | Kari's Travels | Mahimaraj |
00:13:09 |
| Play 10 | Kari in the Lumber Yard | Mahimaraj |
00:10:19 |