east indians

Having just moved from India to Los Angeles for two years, sixteen-year-old Shalini struggles to fit in at school and to keep house for her clinically-depressed mother, but the real challenge comes when she begins falling in love with an American boy despite being engaged since the age of three. Includes glossary.

Maya, a Canadian of East Indian descent, struggles with her ethnic identity, infatuation with a classmate, and the presence of her beautiful Bengali cousin, Pinky, who comes for a visit bearing a powerful statue of the god Ganesh, the Hindu elephant boy.

A novelization of the film "Bend It Like Beckham," in which Jess, a teen whose parents want her to follow the path of a traditional Indian girl, tries to keep the secret when she is recruited to play soccer for a local women's team, and is being coached by Joe, a gorgeous Irish guy.

Rumi Vasi, a gifted fourteen-year-old, feels trapped by her father's desire to make her the youngest student to attend Oxford University, her mother's longing to return to their native India, and her own dreams of being a normal teenage girl.

Growing up with her family in Mumbai, India, sixteen-year-old Jeeta disagrees with much of her mother's traditional advice about how to live her life and tries to be more modern and independent.

Tells the stories of many Asian Indian Americans, documenting the opportunities for economic and professional success they find in their adopted homeland, and details the difficulty they have in preserving their culture and religious traditions.

Growing up with her family in Mumbai, India, sixteen-year-old Jeeta disagrees with much of her mother's traditional advice about how to live her life and tries to be more modern and independent.

Fifteen-year-old Indie has always dreamed of having a career as a fashion reporter, so when she gets a job working as a nanny for one of the industry's hottest editors, she hopes it will be her big break, but when Indie scores the juiciest gossip in town and helps save the magazine, she is devastated when she gets no recognition and begins to wonder if the fashion world is too cut-throat for her.

An exploration of United States immigrants from India and other South Asian countries that discusses their countries of origin and cultures and includes personal stories about the experiences of immigrants and their children.

Photographs, maps, and simple text introduce readers to the cities, architecture, tourist sites, people, and daily life of India.