An introduction to India, a land of mountains and monsoons and the second most crowded country in the world.

Find out how the people in India live their daily lives at home, school and play.

The text then focuses on the city of Bangalore, the fifth largest city in India and main manufacturing centre, where traditional workshops exist alongside high-tech computer-assembly plants, and compares lives with the people in Thrickodithanam, a small village in southern India where rubber and food farming are the main activities.

The comparison between the peoples' live are made using statistics and quotations throughout the book.