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Gandhi was not a ruler of nations. nor did he have scientific gifts. Yet this small, modest man did what others before him could not. He led an entire nation to freedom - he gave his people hope.

INDIA'S VOLATILE PRESENT HAS BEEN RICHLY CAPTURED IN THIS INTRICATE, SPLENDID, AND UTTERLY MEMORABLE BOOK.

Presents a newly illustrated edition of the story of a little African boy in India who loses his fine new clothes to the tigers, but is able to get them back when the animals get into a fight over who is the grandest tiger in the jungle.

Learning from her grandmother that her family was active in the Quit India movement of 1942, a rebellion against nearly two centuries of British occupation, gives fifteen-year-old Tara new pride in her heritage, but she still objects when her teacher implies she is not a "regular Canadian.".

Timeless India encapsulates all this and shows through beautiful photographs many of the astonishing riches of India while also outlining India'a long and complicated history.