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    Cover of Six Days in Bombay
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    Six Days in Bombay
    Alka Joshi
    Essay

    The Blue But­ter­fly of Cochin: A Jour­ney of Dis­cov­ery and Connection

    Ari­ana Mizrahi
    April 14, 2025
    Essay

    Find­ing Sanc­tu­ary in India

    Alka Joshi
    April 14, 2025
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    Non­fic­tion
    Hap­pi­er Far
    Diane Mehta
    Cover of On a Chariot of Fire: The Story of India’s Bene Israel
    Chil­dren’s
    On a Char­i­ot of Fire: The Sto­ry of India’s Bene Israel
    Siona Ben­jamin
    Eri­ca Lyons
    Interview

    From Gen­er­a­tion to Gen­er­a­tion, On a Char­i­ot of Fire: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Siona Ben­jamin and Eri­ca Lyons

    Isado­ra Kianovsky 
    September 2, 2024
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    The Blue But­ter­fly of Cochin
    Ariana Mizrahi; Siona Benjamin, illus.
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    The Laadu Mak­ers: My Moth­er and Grandmother’s Legacy

    Zil­ka Joseph
    February 19, 2024
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    Poet­ry
    Sweet Mal­i­da: Mem­o­ries of a Bene Israel Woman
    Zil­ka Joseph
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    The Sea Elephants
    Shas­tri Akella
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    Spend­ing a Fort­night in Jew Town, Kochi

    Shas­tri Akella
    July 10, 2023
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    A Small Sac­ri­fice for an Enor­mous Hap­pi­ness: Stories
    Jai Chakrabar­ti
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    Excerpt: The Sassoons

    Joseph Sas­soon
    October 24, 2022
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    The Sas­soons: The Great Glob­al Mer­chants and the Mak­ing of an Empire 
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