Climbing the Stairs, (Paperback)

from mikitchenlady

On the brink of major world and national events in history, Vidya lives a good life in India with loving parents amma (mother), appa (father) and brother Kitta. While India begins to follow the passive resistance teachings of Gandhi to break free from Britian's rule, the caste system is still par...

from ewyatt

Vidya and her family's life turns upside down after her dad sustains brain injury while caught up in a nonviolent demonstration against British rule in India during WWII. An interesting look at traditional Hindu customs and division of the genders in the Brahmin caste. Vidya is determined to get ...

from scote23

MSBA Nominee 2009-2010I liked this one quite a lot. Set during WWII in India, Vidya has a relatively liberal upbringing in a family that believes in non-violent protesting. When an unfortunate accident occurs, she is forced to live with her uncle and his very conservative family, which means that...

from kgodey

Climbing the Stairs is about fifteen year old Vidya, a member of an orthodox Tamil Brahmin family, who does not want to get married, but instead wants to attend college and make something of herself. It is the early 1940s, and India's independence movement is in full swing, even as World War II r...

from kivarson

Set in India during WWII, this is the story of a young Brahmin woman forced by unfortunate circumstances to move to the home of her father's family--a family whose strict traditions he had left behind. Lonely and hated by her new classmates and teachers for her "cheeky" and intellectual manner, i...