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Yes, I do enjoy Kipling's prose (not his poetry) and there is no doubt he genuinely loved India. But as they say, when you are within a culture, you can't see it, and when you are outside it, you can't understand it.
George Orwell was one of the unusual people who was a part of the culture but could see it very clearly and painfully. It's no wonder he found it such a grim experience.
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