Chapter 1 : The Last Lesson – Theme: Language, patriotism
Chapter 2 : Lost Spring – Theme: Poverty, child labour
Chapter 3 : Deep Water – Theme: Fear, courage
Chapter 4 : The Rattrap – Theme: Human kindness, redemption
Chapter 5 : Indigo – Theme: Gandhian movement, justice
Chapter 6 : Poets and Pancakes – Theme: Film industry, humour
Chapter 7 : The Interview – Theme: Interview as a tool
Chapter 8 : Going Places – Theme: Dreams vs reality
Poem 1 : My Mother at Sixty-Six – Theme: Aging, fear of loss
Poem 2 : Keeping Quiet – Theme: Peace, introspection
Poem 3 : A Thing of Beauty – Theme: Beauty and nature
Poem 4 : A Roadside Stand – Theme: Rural vs urban life
Poem 5 : Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers – Theme: Feminism, oppression
Chapter 1 : The Third Level – Theme: Escapism, fantasy
Chapter 2 : The Tiger King – Theme: Power, irony
Chapter 3 : Journey to the End of the Earth – Theme: Environment, Antarctica
Chapter 4 : The Enemy – Theme: Humanity vs patriotism
Chapter 5 : On the Face of It – Theme: Loneliness, acceptance
Chapter 6 : Memories of Childhood
