"This book provides thought-provoking perspectives on peace and belonging and is being widely used in schools as a supplementary reader. The book introduces children to original and translated works by contemporary writers on a variety of issues that confront the world today through different forms of writing convering fiction and nonfiction, poetry and prose, by writer such as Paul Zachariah, Ambai, Asokamitran and Safdar Hashmi."--Back cover.