Gateway House hosted a private lunch for the Consuls General, on September 02, 2015 at Gateway Building, Colaba. The event was attended by Consul Generals of Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Mauritius, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and U.S.A.
After lunch, Sifra Lentin, Adjunct Fellow, Mumbai History, Gateway House, presented on her upcoming book ‘Bombay’s international linkages’. Following the presentation, she answered questions from the Consuls General.
Sifra Lentin
Adjunct Fellow, Mumbai History, Gateway House
Sifra (Samuel) Lentin is a Mumbai-based writer and historian, and the Mumbai History Fellow at Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations. She graduated in English from Elphinstone College, Mumbai, and went on to complete her Bachelor’s in General Law (BGL) from the Government Law College, Mumbai. She has written for a wide spectrum of Bombay-based newspapers and magazines – most notably Mid-Day, The Times of India, The Sunday Observer, Hindustan Times, Taj Magazine, JetWings and One India One People. She has also been published in two books: MARG’s ‘Indian Jewish Heritage – Ritual, Life-Cycle & Art’(2002), and One India One People’s book on Communities of India (2006). Her recent work has been the Indian Navy’s Western Fleet coffee table book ‘A Salute To The Sword Arm – A Photo Essay On The Western Fleet’ (April 2007). She is also on the Board of Trustees of the Sir Jacob Sassoon School (Byculla, Mumbai).