Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in Mc Clure’s Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell’s Magazine from January to November 1901, and first published in book form by Macmillan & Co. Ltd in October 19. The book presents a vivid picture of India, its teeming populations, religions, and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the road. A riveting coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia at the end of the nineteenth century, Rudyard Kipling’s Kim is a timeless classic. It has undergone several film and television adaptations and continues to remain noteworthy.