The Society for Social Regeneration & Equity (SSRE), a group that wants to break down stereotypes about religious minorities, honored Sheela Rohekar, the only Jewish novelist writing in Hindi, on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. She was given an award...
"Wow, the ladies here go to synagogue in saris!" "Does that have a Hindu flavor to it?" This is a question Nathaniel Jhirad, a 23-year-old Indian Jew of Mumbai's Bene Israel group, is frequently asked. "You wear skirts; that is...
Shobha ("Fori") Nehru was an aristocratic Indian lady who married BK Nehru, a former Indian ambassador to the United States and the nephew of India's first prime leader Jawaharlal Nehru. She was born and raised a Hungarian Jew, despite...
Nissim Ezekiel's biography has a familiar feel to it. He returned to his native city after a sojourn in the metropolis, bound to his city by complex ties: work, loves, family, and intimate knowledge of a culture to which...
Bombay Brides (HarperCollins) is a new book by Jewish author and artist Esther David, who is 73. It's about 18 stories of love and loss set in a flat in Ahmedabad, India, that is rented out to people from...
In Meera Mehadevan's Shulamith, a recent Sakti novel, the dominant Hindu culture is shown to have an effect on Indian Jewish women. Shulamith, the main character in the book, has a "sense of dual fidelity" between her love for...
During the turbulent 1940s, Baghdadi Jews, as well as many European Jews fleeing Nazi oppression, fled to the 'City of Joy' and found refuge there. They settled down and finally excelled in all of their endeavors, contributing significantly to...
It is true that a significant number of Indian Jews have emigrated to Israel, the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom since 1947, but the reasons for this population decline remain controversial. The literary works that have...
Ori Z. Soltes highlights the unique Jewish culinary traditions that typically don't appear in reporting on the community. "Growing Up Jewish in India," a well-researched text published by Niyogi Books, contains contributions from three other authors who help tell the...
The twin pulls of India and Israel were the focus of a session including Jewish Indian writing. During the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) 2018 at Diggi Palace, Esther David (left), author of Shalom (an Indian Jewish Fiction), speaks with A...