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Sita's Ramayana

2011
A graphic novel adaptation of the ancient Indian legend in which Rama, an incarnation of the god Vishnu, forces his wife Sita to undergo an ordeal by fire to prove she is pure after she is abducted by Ravanna.

Monkey

a trickster tale from India
2011
Crocodile wants to feast on Monkey's heart and Monkey must outsmart him if he is to continue to enjoy eating mangoes all day.

Gandhi

India's great soul
2004
A biography of Mahatma Gandhi which emphasizes the spiritual beliefs that guided his actions in the nonviolent battle to secure India's independence from Great Britain. Includes activities and a note for parents and teachers.

Mohandas Gandhi

1998
Biography of the Indian statesman who fought against prejudice and for India's freedom from British rule.

A moment comes

2013
As the partition of India nears in 1947 bringing violence even to Jalandhar, Tariq, a Muslim, finds himself caught between his forbidden interest in Anupreet, a Sikh girl, and Margaret, a British girl whose affection for him might help with his dream of studying at Oxford.

Mohandas Gandhi

2000
Details the life of India's most noted spiritual leader, Mohandas Ghandi.

Climbing the stairs

2010
In India, in 1941, when her father becomes brain-damaged in a non-violent protest march, fifteen-year-old Vidya and her family are forced to move in with her father's extended family and become accustomed to a totally different way of life.

The civilization of ancient India and Southeast Asia

2013
Text and photographs introduce the history and civilization of ancient India and Southeast Asia.

Seasons of splendour

tales, myths & legends of India
1985
Collection of traditional tales about gods and heroes in Hindu mythology, arranged in sequence as they might be told at religious festivals during the course of a Hindu calendar year.

Indira Gandhi

1985
Presents the life of the prime minister of India from her lonely childhood through her rise to power.

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