When the 450-year-old Babri mosque in Ayodhya, India, was destroyed by Hindu fundamentalists in 1992, it let loose a worldwide wave of Muslim reprisals against all Hindus. This novel describes the nightmarish fate of one Bangladeshi Hindu family. Not since Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses has a book provoked such mob violence, public outcries, and calls for the author's death. The title bespeaks the author's shame at human degradation, her shame both...

"Brilliant firecrackers lighting up the night, Diyas twinkling like stars - what a sight! This is Diwali, in all its glory, as told to little Klaka, by his Amma ..."--Page 4 of cover.

On the life and philosophy of Swami Vivekananda, 1863-1902, Indian philosopher and religious leader.

On the life and works of Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707, including relations with Hindus.