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
Naulakha (Rudyard Kipling House) the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993. Naulakha (Rudyard Kipling House) Naulakha, also known as the Rudyard Kipling House, is a historic Shingle Style house on Kipling Road in Dummerston, Vermont, a few miles outside Brattleboro. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993 for its association with the author Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), who had it built in 1893 and made it his home until 1896. It is in this house that Kipling wrote "Captains Courageous", "The Jungle Book", "The Day's Work", and "The Seven Seas", and did