Date: 31/12/2015
Time: 4:00 अपराह्न - 5:00 अपराह्न
Venue: IGNCA Reference Library, 1st floor, 11, Mansingh Road, New Delhi
IGNCA Book Circle @ Reference Library. This Month Esther David will read from her book Book of Rachel. Esther David is an Indian author who lives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Her novels are based on the Jewish experience in India. She weaves her stories around the Bene Israel Jewish community of India. Esther David has received the Sahitya Akademi award for 2010 for English Literature from the Government of India. The novel is about the old who have been left behind in India by families, which immigrated to Israel. She deals with the pervading sense of isolation, by trying out an ancient recipe every day.Rachel’s story is woven around love,longing,recipes and the Jewish heritage in India.