In Jew Town in India's Cochin, two small communities descended from 'a lost tribe of Israel' are living side by side, on the brink of extinction. When their last two members of child-bearing age refuse to marry, their fate is sealed. This is their story.
Edna Fernandes is a British Indian journalist who has worked for
many of the leading international news organizations including
Reuters in London to the Financial Times in New Delhi. Her articles
have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and International Herald
Tribune. Her first book was Holy Warriors.
A touching, investigative account ... Fernandes movingly captures
the sombre, embattled mood of this population in countdown mode
*Sunday Times*
Fernandes' material is fascinating ... The story of these Jews is
so compelling and the author's reporting of it so assiduous ...
Indeed, she has unearthed gems
*The Economist*
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