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Saleem Sinai was born at midnight on the night that India gained its independence and finds, several years later that he is connected to over 1,000 others who were born at the same time--including the one with whom he was switched at birth.

A tiger cub who lives in India's Ranthambhore Park wildlife preserve learns some ways to control her quick temper. Endpages give factual information about India.

Describes the importance of a banyan tree to an Indian village.

"India remains a mystery to many Americans, even as it is poised to become the world?s third largest economy within a generation, outstripping Japan. It will surpass China in population by 2032 and will have more English speakers than the United States by 2050. In In Spite of the Gods, Edward Luce, a journalist who covered India for many years, makes brilliant sense of India and its rise to global power. Already a number-one bestseller in India, his book is sure to be acknowledged for years as the definitive introduction to modern India. In Spite of the Gods illuminates a land of many contradictions. The booming tech sector we read so much about in the West, Luce points out, employs no more than one million of India?s 1.1 billion people. Only 35 million people, in fact, have formal enough jobs to pay taxes, while three-quarters of the country lives in extreme deprivation in India?s 600,000 villages. Yet amid all these extremes exists the world?s largest experiment in representative democracy-and a largely successful one, despite bureaucracies riddled with horrifying corruption."--From source other than the Library of Congress.

Explores the complex history of Britain's involvement in India.

The friendships formed between Miss Adela Quested, Mrs. Moore, and Cyril Fielding, all English newcomers to India, and Indian physician Dr. Aziz, are subjected to a brutal test when Adela falsely accuses Aziz of sexually assaulting her.

An examination of contemporary India as it celebrates fifty years of independence, discussing its politics, mentality, and culture, and examining the important debates that will determine the future direction of the country.

A retelling of Rudyard Kipling's classic story of Mowgli, a young boy raised in the jungle by his animal friends Baloo, Kaa, and Bagheera.

Richard Sharpe, newly promoted for his skill in assisting Sir Arthur Wellesley in the battle against the Mahratta, risks his honor, reputation, and fortune in his quest to thwart a treasonous scheme devised by his oldest nemesis Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill.