This is the first book describing the roles of Western Jews in South Asian political affairs, medicine, painting, architecture and religion. A time-line summarizes their contributions and those of the Indian Jews to the Indian subcontinent. Many of these foreign Jews left behind their Jewish identities. Others remained Jews, but functioned as individuals unconcerned with implementing any Jewish agenda.

Western Jews in India: From the Fifteenth Century to the Present

Robbins, Kenneth X.

Manohar Publishers

Chronicles the substantial role played by Jews in the shaping and development of contemporary Indian art and aestheticsContains images of lost paintings of Fyzee Rahamin and Magda Nachman, and other never-before-seen paintingsWritten in an unbiased manner and supported with in-depth research, the book will be invaluable to anyone who wishes to understand contemporary Indian artThis volume reveals the roles of foreign and Indian Jews in the Indian national art project and raises issues such as: Is an "Indian artist" any artist born into an Indian family? What role can foreigners and members of Indian minority groups play in the Indian National Art Project as scholars, critics, or artists? Is a piece of work "Indian art" because of its subject matter or its style? Is it possible to utilize "foreign techniques" in creating "Indian art"?Jews and the Indian National Art Project documents the work of artists such as Anna Molka Ahmed, Mirra Alfassa (The Mother), Siona Benjamin, Carmel Berkson, and Fredda Brilliant as well as those of photographers (David Mordecai and Man Ray) and architects (Otto Königsberger, Moshe Safdie). Also covered in this volume are the work of critics, scholars and art patrons like Ernst Cohn-Wiener, Charles Fabri, Stella Kramrisch, and Marion Harry Spielmann.

Jews And The Indian National Art Project

Arts & Photography

Tokayer, Marvin

History & Criticism

Niyogi Books

• A well-priced first guidebook devoted to the architectural heritage of the Jews of the Deccan• Features newly commissioned photography Jews living today in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan region of India number little more than several thousand. Yet abundant vestiges are still evident of the once much larger ancient Bene Israel, and the more recent émigré Baghdadi Jews. Monuments and sites are preserved in Mumbai (Bombay) and Pune (Poona), as well as in the smaller towns in the northern Konkan region. They include synagogues and cemeteries, as well as hospitals, schools, libraries, and research institutions, as well as mills and other commercial buildings. This one-of-a-kind guidebook invites travelers and others into this little known, but rich part of India's architectural heritage.

Jewish Heritage of the Deccan: Mumbai, The Northern Konkan and Pune

Travel

Sohoni, Pushkar

Asia

Jaico Publishing House

African Diasporan Communities Across South Asia

History

Ali, Omar H.

Independently published

Black Ambassadors of Politics, Religion, and Jazz in India

Shroff, Beheroze

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