east indian americans

Just moved from India, Gita looks forward to her favorite holiday, Divali, but things are so different in her new home that she wonders if she will ever adjust.

Grandfather tells many stories about his native India in answer to Ravi and Anjali's questions, such as the tale of a procession of elephants on the feast of Divaali when he was a boy. Includes facts about life in India, a list of cooking spices, and descriptions of Indian animals.

When Maya accompanies her mother to India to sell her grandfather's house, she uncovers family history relating to her parents' divorce and learns more about herself and her relationship with her mother.

Presents a brief history of India and surveys the immigration of East Indians to America. Also identifies the contributions of individual East Indians to American life and culture.

An East Indian American daughter pleads with her mother to be allowed to wear one of her mother's colorful saris in honor of her seventh birthday.

Two young sisters raised in America learn about the beauty and art of wearing a sari from their wise Indian grandmother.

While spending a month on an island off the coast of Washington helping in her Uncle Sanjay's veterinary clinic, eleven-year-old Poppy Ray soon questions her decision to follow in her uncle's footsteps.

When twelve-year-old Seema moves to Iowa City with her parents and younger sister, she leaves friends and family behind in her native India but gradually begins to feel at home in her new country.

A biography of Nikki Haley, the first woman and first nonwhite elected governor of South Carolina, discussing her family's life in Punjab, India, the hardships they had to face when they moved to America, the family business and Nikki's involvement, factors leading up to her run for office, and more.