Describes many familiar things that originally came from India, including inventions, food, religions, animals, musical instruments, medicine, games, words, and fashion.
Akbar, a tracker for a tourist lodge, works with villagers, would-be poachers, and those involved in Project Tiger to protect the diminishing number of tigers in his part of India.
Molly Moon, is hypnotized and eventually transport back to nineteenth century India, where she meets a maharajah with a speech defect as well as former versions of herself.
Provides information on the history and culture of India through the letters of Lakshmi, who lives in Kochi on the coast of Kerala in India as she tells about the landscape and weather of her country as well as her home, school, and family.
Color illustrations fill this chronicle of legendary pacifistic social activist Mohandas Gandhi, whose work to change India's caste system and free India from British rule inspired both Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela.
