“Jews in India?” people exclaim when the concept is mentioned. With fewer than 30 members of the community left there, it’s sometimes hard to recall that a place like Kolkata, formerly known as ...

Beneath the anticipation of a new year’s beginning lies a quieter, more revealing form of reflection. An introspective gaze. An annual appraisal. Amid conflict, chaos, and migration, there is also a ...

Shalom Israel, the former caretaker of Beth El Synagogue and undertaker of the Jewish cemetery, wearing the Tefillin during a weekday morning prayer in August 2014. He left Calcutta for Israel that ...

On January 28, 1835, as mist lingered over the colonial rooftops of Calcutta, a quiet but radical shift began inside a modest hall on College Street. Under the vision of Lord William Bentinck, ...

Freedom. As much as this word brings joy across generations, the trauma has been equal when it came to Partition horrors. The wait for the end of colonial rule saw Bengal and Punjab go up in flames ...