00799cam a2200193 4500 64400116 TxAuBib 20080709120000.0 080709s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780399247460 0399247467 TxAuBib Venkratraman, Padma. Climbing the Stairs. New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. In India, in 1941, when her father becomes brain-damaged in a non-violent protest march, fifteen-year-old Vidya and her and her family are forced to move in with her father's extended family and become accustomed to a totally different way of life. 20080709. Family life--India Prejudices Brain damage.