Second Homeland: Polish Refugees in India
Anuradaha Bhattacharjee turned a rejected newspaper story into a PhD thesis and a book. And what a story: orphaned children, a loving maharaja, an inspiring Gandhi, and the kindness of strangers.
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2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Books
2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Features
Wanda Dynowska / Umadevi: A Polish Guide to Indian Culture
Already surprised by a land of unimagined wonders, they now beheld a serene, sari-clad woman who spoke Polish and cared deeply about both her countries.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Features / Music
The Cabaret Star and the Orphans: From Warsaw to India
Lithe, blonde, willowy and a free spirit, prewar cabaret star Hanka Ordonowna was to become a wartime rescuer of children and a sensitive chronicler of their harrowing story.
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Features
Stefan Norblin: An Artist Comes Home
The largest single collection of Polish art is not in Poland, but in India. A special exhibit brings it home, at least for a visit, attracting thousands of visitors to a visual feast.
2009 — Winter / Features
The Noble and Compassionate Heart of the Maharaja Jam Saheb Digvijay Sinhi
Between August 1942 and November 1946, close to 1,000 Polish children and their guardians lived in idyllic settlements on the Kathiawar Peninsula in India not far from the summer residence of the Maharaja Jam Saheb Digvijay Sinhi. They had come at the Maharaja’s invitation from orphanages in Ashkabad, the capital of Turkmenistan, and Samarkand.
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