http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/006.htmlSivitri is a great tale about a wife who outsmarts the God of Death and saves her husband. The illustrations in this book are outstanding, but you can read the folktale here:
Another book I haven't read but looks very interesting is One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi
A friend of our family suggested the folk tale Kannagi, which some claim to be based on a true story. It is about Kannagi, a devout wife, who burnt the town of Madurai to defend her husband's honor because of injustice at the court. http://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/21698- Silappatikaram-one-five-great- epics.aspx
http://www.tribecafilm.com/Also, a cool film about a kite running celebration in India (think celebration and kids and adults using their kites to cut off other's kite's strings in the book/movie, the Kite Runner) that my mom heard about on the radio and is playing now in New York City:
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