Recounts the March to the Sea, in which, Mohandas Gandi and seventy protesters marched from Ahmedabad to Dandi, in twenty-four days, to protest the laws and taxes that Great Britain put on salt.
A retelling of a traditional Bengali tale in which a kind and generous Indian barber, pressed by his father then his wife to earn more money, cleverly persuades a ghost to bring him riches.
The ancient Indian story of Manu, who is rewarded when he saves the life of a little fish. The fish tells him what he must do to save himself and the world from destruction in the coming flood.
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.
Explores the history and culture of ancient India; and examines archaeological sites, such as Mohenjodaro, Mehrgarh, and the Great Stupa of Amaravati, and artifacts.
