Oh hurray *breathes sigh of relief* I'm glad you want to hear about India :D. And that I wasn't very odd in asking, because I was worried about that.
There will be some stuff about family, also, because it is (those dreaded words) a Family Holiday and my family is mad (Half in Syndey. Half in London. Logical meeting-place? India.)

I didn't think of the children like that- I was looking for snake symbolism and fathers and things like that (cannot see forest for trees). Is a very good point, and slightly disturbing. I'm trying to think of another fantasy book with reluctant child heroes and I can't. Hmm.