The implication is that through the country’s vast bulk hums a timeline connecting two extremes. Indeed, microscopic tribal communities on remote Indian islands in the Bay of Bengal follow primitive ways of life, while scientists on the mainland move steadily closer to landing a probe on Mars. Adya’s Indian journeys traverse the fascinating landscape lying between the elephant’s trunk and tail, slowly and immersively walking you through the swirl of colorful mist that whispers a billion stories.