Tulika is an independent publishing house producing quality books for children. Their focus is to give children images of India that go on to show how all parts of this world come together to make it a diverse and dynamic whole, a changing yet changeless continuum.

Originally published by Tulika Books India, in 2000.

Kali's father is a snake catcher - the best in the village. Kali knows that is really something to be proud of, but at school he sometimes gets embarrassed. The other children seem to think there is something very strange about having a snake catcher for a father and eating things like fried termites for a snack. Plus, Kali is the teacher's pet. How will he ever make friends?