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A young girl in modern times comes from India to live in America with her extended family. She feels so alone, until she remembers a story her mother once told her about a group of Persians who were ousted from their cou...
Binny's class is learning about different holiday traditions, and today it is time for Binny to share the story of her favorite holiday, Diwali, the Festival of Lights--and she even has some special treats to give her cl...
"Poor and illiterate, Bhima had faithfully worked for the Dubash family, an upper-middle-class Parsi household, for more than twenty years. Yet after courageously speaking the truth about a heinous crime perpetrated agai...
A young mother explains to her daughter how her laughter, her love of music, her sweet disposition, and her caring spirit were shaped by the time she spent in her mother's tummy.
"Powerful ... Twisty, brimming with dark humor and keen moral insight, The Weight of Heaven packs a wallop on both a literary and emotional level ... Umrigar ... is a descriptive master." -- Christian Science Monitor Fro...