On January 24, Gateway House in collaboration with the National Gallery of Modern Art hosted a talk on ‘The Jewish community of Bombay : Diaspora, Identity and History in Bombay (18th to Early 20th Century)’ by Sifra Lentin, Mumbai History Fellow, Gateway House, in conversation with Manjeet Kripalani, Co-founder and Executive Director, Gateway House.
Sifra Lentin, a Mumbai-based writer and historian, 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).
Manjeet Kripalani is the former India Bureau chief of Businessweek magazine. During her extensive career in journalism (BusinessWeek, Worth and Forbes magazines), she has won several awards, including the Gerald Loeb Award, the George Polk Award, Overseas Press Club and Daniel Pearl Awards.
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