A sensitive treatment of the fate that awaits girls and women in India, especially those born into lower castes.

A beautiful, luminous children's adaptation of a portion of the international bestseller The Braid. Young Lalita and her mother Smita are born into the lowest, or "Untouchable" caste: the Dalits. They must travel across India in an astonishing and magnificently illustrated tale of life, rebellion, faith, and hope that introduces readers to such issues as social class, the plight of women, and access to education.