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An Indian/Pakistani folktale in which an impoverished grass-cutter finds that gifts can be a mixed blessing.

The desire of a poor, old grasscutter in India to share what little he has with a kind and beautiful woman begins an incredible chain of events.

Aided by others who have suffered at the hands of the king, a blackbird seeks revenge on the monarch who has stolen his wife.

A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl.

Color illustrations fill this chronicle of legendary pacifistic social activist Mohandas Gandhi, whose work to change India's caste system and free India from British rule inspired both Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela.

A retelling of the fable from India about six blind men who each get a limited understanding of what an elephant is by feeling only one part of it.

As it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.

A retelling of one of the Indian fables relating to the former births of Buddha in which as a monkey he manages to outwit the crocodile who decides to capture him.

Dr. John Symington faces swollen rivers and an attack by a rogue elephant in order to provide medical care for a plantation worker.

Describes how the culture of India is reflected in its festivals.