A Goddess in the Stones: Travels in India

"An absorbing introduction" to the tribal peoples of India, their ancient traditions, and the remote regions that they inhabit (Kirkus Reviews).

In the 1990s, the fifty-four million members of India's tribal colonies accounted for seven percent of the country's total population—yet very little about them was recorded. Norman Lewis depicts India's jungles as being endangered by "progress," and his sense of urgency in recording what he can about the country's distinct tribes results in a co...