Kari the Elephant (Version 2)
Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Read by Mahimaraj
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) (2 hr 40 min)
Chapters
Bringing Up Kari | 19:11 | Read by Mahimaraj |
How Kari Saved Our Lives | 10:59 | Read by Mahimaraj |
Kari Goes to Town | 22:00 | Read by Mahimaraj |
Kari's Adventure in Benares | 17:44 | Read by Mahimaraj |
The Jungle Spirit | 13:19 | Read by Mahimaraj |
Kari's Story | 21:32 | Read by Mahimaraj |
The Tiger Hunt | 22:09 | Read by Mahimaraj |
Kari and the Quick-sand | 10:22 | Read by Mahimaraj |
Kari's Travels | 13:09 | Read by Mahimaraj |
Kari in the Lumber Yard | 10:19 | Read by Mahimaraj |