india

Presents a collection of eight folk tales in which animals are the protagonists.

Traces how the peoples of India and Pakistan have migrated worldwide.

A biography of the woman who served as Prime Minister of India, a post held by her father for seventeen years.

Chronicles the life of Tenzing Norgay, the guide who helped Ed Hillary become the first person to scale Mount Everest.

Bhima, a domestic servant in the household of Sera Dubash, an upper-class Parsi housewife, develops a bond with her employer over the course of many years as they both suffer through abusive marriages, loss, and disappointments, but their friendship still cannot overcome the restrictions of class and money.

Sabah, a young American woman, returns to India on a search for her identity and heritage, while her aging Bombay movie-star uncle and his wife look for their gay son in the underground scenes of London and New York.

Presents biographical analysis of several works by Indian writer Bharati Mukherjee, including her novels, short stories, and nonfiction.

Examines the various species of animals that inhabit the country of India including the cobra, Hanuman langurs, Bengal tigers, and Asiatic lions.

Because of his "'satiable curtiosity" about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.

A manga biography of Mahatma Gandhi, who led a campaign of nonviolent aggression against British rule in India resulted in a better life for the Indian people.