india

Abby Spencer yearns to meet her father, who lives in India, and is nervous when her wish comes true and her mom decides it is time for her to go and spend some time with him.

Examines India through its social customs, language, spiritual beliefs and traditions of art, literature, music, and dance.

Describes the history of Indian immigration to the U.S., Indian American communities, and the ways Indian Americans have shaped American culture, and discusses changes in Indian values and the experiences of young Indian Americans influenced by modern America and their parents' traditions.

Provides an introduction to India, explaining where it is, and looking at the Indian landscape, weather and seasons, people, school and family, country and city life, houses, food, work, and recreation.

Discusses a variety of traditions in India and the South Asian countries near it, including food, clothing, music, religions, and festivals.

In 1920 in India two children that have been raised by wolves are discovered and brought to an orphanage to be taught human behavior again.

Selected stories from Kipling's two "Jungle Books" chronicle the adventures of Mowgli, the boy reared by a pack of wolves in an Indian jungle. Also includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.".

In 1919, independent-minded fifteen-year-old Rosalind lives in India with her English parents, and when they fear she has fallen in with some rebellious types who believe in Indian self-government, she is sent "home" to London, where she has never been before and where her older brother died, to stay with her two aunts.

Considers both the British and Indian perspectives on colonialism and analyzes the social, economic, and cultural dimensions to colonial rule.

Studies the full social, political, and economic context up to the transfer of power from Britain to India in 1947.