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"Spirited away to the subterranean realm of Nagalok as children, seventeen-year-olds Tanvi and Venkat are charged with harvesting human dreams for the entertainment of the naga court--until one of them begins to remember the mortal life she left behind"--OCLC.

A brief biography of the fifteen-century European explorer, Vasco de Gama, who opened up trade between Europe and India.

A moral allegory, set in ancient India, about one soul's quest for the ultimate answer to the enigma of man's role in this world. The hero, Siddhartha, undergoes a series of experiences to emerge in a state of peace and wisdom.

Tigers in trouble? That's what Jack and Annie find when the Magic Tree House whisks them and Teddy, the enchanted dog, to a forest in India. The rare tigers are being trapped by greedy poachers! Can Jack and Annie find a way to help? Or will a fierce tiger eat them instead?.

Rob, Paul, Mattie, and Rosie, ages eight to seventeen, were orphaned in the December 26, 2004 Tsunami. Their parents had worked in different countries for years, supporting charities that helped the poor. When the Tsunami struck, the whole family had already worked in India for four years. Although their parents lost their lives that day, their four children survived. Almost a decade after the tragedy, the two eldest brothers, Rob and Paul, had a dream. They created the multinational brand Gandys Flip Flops in the front room of their rented flat and also set up the charitable foundation, Orphans for Orphans.

A collection of three stories by Rudyard Kipling featuring the adventures of Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves.

The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers--a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village--will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future.