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KOCHI: Contemporary artist P R Sugathan prefers showcasing life’s harsh realities and societal issues without the pop of colour. He expresses them in black and white, with shades of grey in between.
Paradesi Synagogue, the oldest Jewish temple in the country that is located in Kochi’s Jew Town. ... even among the Jews. The Black Jews and White Jews also do not always see eye-to-eye, ...
Kochi comes alive during monsoon with lush greenery misty views and reflective streets perfect for photography. Explore ...
White Against Black. Through the centuries, Cochin’s Jews have adopted many Indian religious traditions. Mortar for the walls of their synagogue was mixed with coconut water, which Hindus use ...
The death of an 83-year-old Jew Saturday leaves only nine Jews in the Jewish Community at Mattanchery, located in the Kochi, India region. Israel National News Jewish News ...
Kochi, India - A chance encounter when he was selling postcards to tourists in Jew Town as a 13-year-old in the early 1980s would change the course of Thaha Ibrahim’s life.
Cochin Babu lounges on a chair in Chavittu Nadakam gear staring right into the camera, oozing attitude. The black and white, 36x24 inch photograph, printed on canvas, accompanies another of Babu ...
The Jew Town in Mattancherry was built on land gifted by Maharaja Kesava Rama Varma (1565–1615). So was the synagogue of the Paradesi (White) Jews at the northern end of the Jew Town.
The Jewish quarters of Mattancherry, the area around the Paradesi Synagogue (1568) was once the centre of the White Jews or Cochin Jews, who are said to have settled here after fleeing persecution.
KOCHI: A good part of her adult life were about farewell given to kith and kin who undertook the Aliyah, the ritual immigration to the promised land, .
KOCHI: When 89-year-old Queenie Hallegua passed away on August 11, it was a reminder to the people of Kerala of the vanishing of the Paradesi Jewish community.