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.

A biography of the nun whose tireless work in the slums of Calcutta has made her a living saint.

Describes briefly the colonial India into which Gandhi was born, his upbringing and education, including his stay in South Africa, and the nonviolent revolution he led to free India from English rule.

Orphaned and homeless after a tsunami decimates their coastal India town, teenage sisters Ahalya and Sita Ghai are abducted and sold to a Mumbai brothel owner before they are helped by an American attorney fighting human trafficking.

Nineteen-year-old Anjali Bose must face the challenges of betrayal, violence, and corruption after fleeing her country home and an arranged marriage to take up residence in a decaying mansion in Bangladore with her friend, an ex-patriate American teacher.

In 1974 when her father leaves New Delhi, India, to seek a job in New York, Ashi, a tomboy at the advanced age of sixteen, feels thwarted in the home of her extended family in Calcutta where she, her mother, and sister must stay, and when her father dies before he can send for them, they must remain with their relatives and observe the old-fashioned traditions that Ashi hates.

Examines the CIA's installation of a nuclear-powered spy device, which was never removed, atop Nanda Devi to track Chinese troops; the threat the instrument poses; and the author's climbing experiences in the region.

On a December Day in 1969 twins Rahel and Estha, born to a wealthy family living in the provice of Kerala, India, find their lives changed after the death of their English cousin visiting for the holidays.

Sampath Chawla's family thinks that he will never amount to anything, but overnight he becomes a holy man in their village, and his fame turns both his family's and his own life upside down.

When Maximilian Ophulus is murdered by his Kashmiri Muslim driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the clown, authorities uncover a dangerous link between the murderer and the victim's daughter.