Everything you need to understand or teach Climbing the Stairs by T. V. Padma.
Fifteen-year-old Vidya is coming of age during a time of political upheaval in the British colony of India. The youngest daughter of a Brahmin family, Vidya and her brother, Kitta, are brought up with a mixture of modern values and Hindu philosophical thought. Caught between the Indian non-violent push for independence and the violence of World War II, Vidya and her family must search for their place in a quickly changing...