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Shalome Rides a Royal Elephant: The Story of the First Jews of Calcutta
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Speaking tiger
| Author:
Jael Silliman
| Language:
English
| Format:
PaperbackÂ
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Speaking tiger
Author:
Jael Silliman
Language:
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Shalome came to India from Syria in 1792. He was an astute businessman,
and once he started his business in India, his work took him to many parts of
the country. He wrote all about it in his diary. Now, some 240 years later, his
descendant Jael Silliman weaves a great-fun story based on this diary, where
Shalome’s adventures are narrated by his little monkey friend, Chanchal.
And what a colourful story it is, of royal elephants, silks, diamonds, and lots
and lots of mouthwatering delicacies! Chanchal describes how she meets
Shalome in Gujarat and then accompanies him to Calcutta, a city that was
surrounded by jungles at the time. They spend a year in the nawab’s palace in
Lucknow and meet the royal elephants there, and visit Maharaja Ranjit Singh
in Punjab to see the Kohinoor!
Funny, heartfelt, and filled with insights into Jewish life, Shalome Rides a
Royal Elephant is not just the story of Shalome and Chanchal, but also about
the great melting pot that is India where different communities and religions
have lived in harmony over the ages.
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Shalome came to India from Syria in 1792. He was an astute businessman,
and once he started his business in India, his work took him to many parts of
the country. He wrote all about it in his diary. Now, some 240 years later, his
descendant Jael Silliman weaves a great-fun story based on this diary, where
Shalome’s adventures are narrated by his little monkey friend, Chanchal.
And what a colourful story it is, of royal elephants, silks, diamonds, and lots
and lots of mouthwatering delicacies! Chanchal describes how she meets
Shalome in Gujarat and then accompanies him to Calcutta, a city that was
surrounded by jungles at the time. They spend a year in the nawab’s palace in
Lucknow and meet the royal elephants there, and visit Maharaja Ranjit Singh
in Punjab to see the Kohinoor!
Funny, heartfelt, and filled with insights into Jewish life, Shalome Rides a
Royal Elephant is not just the story of Shalome and Chanchal, but also about
the great melting pot that is India where different communities and religions
have lived in harmony over the ages.
About Author
Jael Silliman was a tenured
Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at
the University of Iowa, USA. She was also a Program Officer at the Ford
Foundation, New York. She is the author of several books, scholarly papers
and popular articles for newspapers and magazines on gender, development,
race, social justice, women’s rights issues, and writes about her
community—
the Baghdadi Jews of Calcutta. Her books relating to Kolkata’s cultural
history
include Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women’s Narratives from a Diaspora
of Hope,
two novels, The Man with Many Hats and The Teak Almirah. Her most recent
coauthored publications are Where Gods Reside: Kolkata’s Scared Places and
has also
published Adda! The College Street Coffee House and India in Celebration.
She has created a digital archive on the Calcutta Jewish community at
https://indianjewishcenter.co.il/baghdadi-jews/
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