india

Explores the landscapes, sacred places, and populated areas of India, from the coastal fishing villages to the remote villages in the Himalayas, and highly populated urban areas, and describes the country's climate, people, economy, and culture.

"Fourteen-year-old Mira Levenson travels from London to Kolkata to meet her aunt and her cousin and to find out why the families haven't spoken in years"--Provided by publisher.

The striking originality and richness of India's contribution to the cultural heritage of humankind is certainly beyond any doubt.

Biography of Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, nationalist, political leader and statesman from India.

In Bengal, India, Premlata's family is too poor to celebrate the Festival of Lights until fate and an elephant step in.

As Rosalind continues to straddle the proper English world of her family and the culture of 1920s India where they live, her support of Gandhi and his followers in opposing British rule grows and she considers trying to carry the rebels' message to Edward, Prince of Wales, during his visit.

Mowgli, left alone in the jungle as a toddler after his parents are run off by Shere Khan, a Bengal tiger, grows to adulthood with the help of kind animals, always knowing his own showdown with the tiger is yet to come.