Everything you need to understand or teach Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai.
Anita Desai's novel of intricate family relations plays out in two countries, India and the United States. The core characters comprise a family living in a small town in India, where provincial customs and attitudes dictate the future of all children: girls are to be married off and boys are to become as educated as possible. The story contrasts the life of the main character, Uma, the family's older daughter, with...
Fasting, Feasting Lesson Plans contain 145 pages of teaching material, including: