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india

Essay

Find­ing Sanc­tu­ary in India

Alka Joshi
April 14, 2025
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Fic­tion
Six Days in Bombay
Alka Joshi
Essay

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

Ari­ana Mizrahi
April 14, 2025
Cover of Happier Far
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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Chil­dren’s
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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Bec­ca Kantor
December 25, 2023
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Ten Most-Read PB Dai­ly Sto­ries of 2023

Simona Zaret­sky
December 18, 2023
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Fic­tion
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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Fic­tion
A Small Sac­ri­fice for an Enor­mous Hap­pi­ness: Stories
Jai Chakrabar­ti
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Non­fic­tion
The Sas­soons: The Great Glob­al Mer­chants and the Mak­ing of an Empire 
Joseph Sas­soon
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Excerpt: The Sassoons

Joseph Sas­soon
October 24, 2022
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