The Naulahka

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The Naulahka: A Story of West and East is an 1892 novel by Rudyard Kipling in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier, which was originally serialised in The Century Magazine from November 1891 to July 1892. It centres on two Americans who travel to India for different purposes: Kate Sheriff, a feminist whose goal is to aid oppressed Indian women denied access to health care, and Nick Tarvin, an entrepreneur who wants a valuable Indian necklace in order to influence the construction of a railway. The book is set in the fictional state of Rahore, believed to be based on Rajputana.