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The Bridge-Builders
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A short story about a British engineer building a railway bridge over the Ganges in colonial India, who during a flood has an opium-induced vision of Hindu gods debating the works of men. For readers interested in Kipling and colonial-era literature set in India.
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
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