Raksha (The Jungle Book) her name is Raksha ("protection/nurture") because of her ferocity as a fighter, and she will fight to the death for any of her cubs, natural or adopted. Raksha does not play a large role in the Mowgli stories, but occasionally offers her adopted son moral support. Raksha (The Jungle Book) Raksha ( / "Rakšā" or Mother Wolf as initially named) is a fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories, collected in "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book". She is a female Indian wolf, member of the Seeonee pack, who while suckling her own cubs decides also to
Rudyard Township, Michigan Rudyard Township, Michigan Rudyard Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 1,370. Rudyard is an unincorporated community within the township located on M-48, near I-75. The community was originally named "Pine River", however, because there was already another town in Michigan with that name, it was changed in 1890 to Rudyard. The name was suggested by Fred Underhill, an executive with the Soo Line Railroad, because of his great admiration for Rudyard Kipling. Rudyard Kipling wrote back to Mr. Underhill, in reference to the