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A biography of Mohandas Gandhi, focusing on his early life in India in the late nineteenth-century, discussing the influence of his mother, his marriage at the age of thirteen, his efforts to continue his education, and the conditions that prompted him to lead the struggle for the human rights of the Indian people.

A biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian leader who led his country to freedom from British rule through his policy of nonviolent resistance. Includes black and white photographs.

Follows the life of the statesman who was a key figure in India's fight for independence from Great Britain.

A retelling of a traditional story from India about a constantly worried hare who starts a stampede after a noise in the grove convinces her the world is breaking apart.

When the powerful but mischievous Poombah of Badoombah finally takes things a bit too far, he is forced to flee the city and live out the rest of his days in the quiet of the countryside.

Banished by his father to a dark forest, Prince Rama proceeds to lose his wife to the demon prince Ravana until a tribe of monkeys comes to help him.

Frank and Ellie Benton, suffering from the death of their seven-year-old son, move to Girbaug, India, where Frank works for a pharmaceutical company and Ellie begins volunteering, but Frank's obsession with providing happiness for and spending time with the son of their maid and cook threatens their marriage and lives.

The government of India in 1975 has just declared a State of Emergency, which, coupled with a housing shortage, compels four people to share an apartment. Their common need leads them to forge a lasting friendship that sees them through the bad times.

Explores the reality of life for women in modern India, discussing how the renewal of ancient traditions such as sati, the self-immolation of a woman on her husband's funeral pyre, have impacted how Indian women are treated and how the country is viewed by the modern world.

Recounts the lives of four wives of maharajas in India, discussing how each of them helped shape the emerging democratic society in India.