22 extraordinary stories from the lives of women we have always known. What happens when women decide to shed their inhibitions and speak about their deepest feelings? What stories lie behind their closed doors in the slums and pols of Ahmedabad? This collection tells us about the dreams and aspirations, the victories and defeats of women we have met every day.

By the Sabarmati

Esther, David

Penguin??Books

What were they to do with the man lying face down on the ground, his once enormous wings burnt and charred to unsightly stubs? They turned him around. His glasses were cracked and he could not sit up ... He was coming in their way. Enemies thirsting for each other s blood, they were united on this point: this man had to be got rid of.    Focusing on the communal riots which rocked Ahmedabad in 2002, Esther David offers a series of impressionistic, sharply etched portraits of the city. From the breathtaking Sidi Saiyyed mosque and the unbridled joy of Uttarayan celebrations to the sheer terror and mindless bloodshed of the riots, these short pieces describe the place and try to understand the events that changed it forever.   These vignettes have one thing in common: the man with enormous wings. He impotently hovers over the narrative, silently lamenting the fierce bloodlust of a city that once worshipped him and grew up on his lessons of non-violence.  Illustrated with striking line drawings by the author, The Man with Enormous Wings is a powerful, compelling book, not only because of the relevance and importance of what it has to say but also for the manner in which it chooses to say it.

The Man With Enormous Wings

Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2010. A gripping story of a lone Jewish woman battling land sharks to keep her community alive Rachel lives alone by the sea. Her children have long migrated to Israel as have her Bene Israel Jew neighbours. Taking care of the local synagogue and preparing exquisite traditional Jewish dishes sustains Rachel's hope of seeing the community come together again at a future time. When developers make moves to acquire the synagogue and its surrounding land, Rachel's vehement opposition takes the synagogue committee and the town by surprise. Written with warmth and humour, BOOK OF RACHEL is a captivating tale of a woman's battle to live life on her own terms. Continuing the saga of the unique Bene Israel Jews in India, it adds to Esther David's reputation as a writer of grace and power.

Book Of Rachel [Paperback] ESTHER DAVID

Literature & Fiction

Literary

India Penguin

Electronic Commerce: A Managerial Perspective 2010

Business & Money

PRENTICE/HALL

When Esther David set out to write a novel that was loosely based on family history, she did not know that uncovering the past would reveal such a treasure trove of stories, or that the process would cut so close to her own life.  Her story begins in the nineteenth century, with Bathsheba, as she waits for her husband to return from his long absence at their home in Danda village on the Konkan coast. A woman of great strength of character who disregards convention, she steers the family through difficult times, but is shattered by the combined weight of social ostracism and an aborted pregnancy. Her greatgrandson David inherits her sense of empathy for all things living, besides possessing a remarkable talent for healing. He acquires great respect as a doctor in Ahmedabad, but is unable to rein in his exuberant son Joshua, Esther's father, in whom the ability to heal will be directed towards a series of creatures large and small, among them lions, panthers and crocodiles. Joshua goes on to found a zoo, and the stories of the pets they raise form a heartbreaking accompaniment to the human drama.

Book of Esther

Penguin Global

Shalom India Housing Society (Jewish Women Writers)

The Feminist Press at CUNY

My Father's Zoo

Rupa Publications India

Language: English Pages: 240 About the Book Set in a fictional society in Ahmadabad formed after the communal riots of 2002, Shalom India housing society weaves together the lives of its residents through a series of stories that capture the dilemmas of the last bene Israel Jews in India. How are their relations with other communities changing? Ought they to leave? Where can they go? Do they belong in India, or in Israel? Will they feel at home in Israel? Drawing readers into the world of a microscopic community, the novel traces misunderstandings between parents and children, lovers and neighbours, in stories that are by turns hilarious, bitter-sweet and heartwarming. The spirit of the affectionate, sometimes eccentric, Prophet Elijah to whom the characters turn in their trouble suffuses the novel. Esther David probes the shifting layers of religious and national identity-from the way people dream of homelands imagined or left behind- in prose that is understand but always engaging. About the Author Esther David is the author of the walled city, book of Esther, by the Sabarmati, book of Rachel and my father’s zoo. She has edited an anthology of earthquake stories and co-authored a book, India’s Jewish heritage: ritual, art and life cycle. She is published in French and her work is included in the library of modern Jewish literature, Syracuse university press, New York. She belongs to a bene Israel Jewish family of Ahmadabad and grew up in a zoo created by her father. Contents Acknowledgements

Shalom India Housing Society

Women Unlimited

Bene Appetit: The Cuisine of Indian Jews

Bene Appetit: The Cuisine Of Indian Jews

HarperCollins India

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