IndianSummer

WillRandallthoughtteachinginaninner-Londoncomprehensivewasatoughjob.Butthatwasnothingcomparedtothenextassignment:savingaslumschoolintheIndiancityofPoona.Learningasmuchasheisteaching,Willfindshislifetransformedbyhisremarkableclassoforphans:Dulabesh,thehead-standingjokerwholosthisparentsonacrowdedrailwayplatform;Prakash,wholearnedself-sufficiencybyscavengingindumpsters;thecharminglymadcapTanushri,fanofthesinger"Maradona."Whentheslumlordsthreatentoleveltheschool,Willhitsupontheideaofafund-raisertosaveit:astageproductionofthe24,000-verseIndianepic,TheRamayana,eversoslightly...