As India suspends peace talks, pressure mounts on Pakistan to stem cancer of militancy. London’s Frontline Club discusses way forward.
Author Archives: edna
Dec 16 2008: Frontline Club debate on Mumbai attacks
December 9, 2008 – 3:35 am
Frontline Club debate on the Mumbai terror attacks on 16 December. I will be discussing the impact with leading correspondents from the BBC and Guardian.
The fallout from India’s 9/11
December 1, 2008 – 3:36 am
The fallout from India’s 9/11. Now the political and diplomatic impact begins as anger replaces shock after the Mumbai attacks.
US Jewish Book Council review
November 17, 2008 – 6:57 am
The US Jewish Book Council reviews The Last Jews of Kerala: “The subject is fascinating and poignant, the journey both languid and intense. Readers will not be disappointed.” For full extract, see the reviews page.
May 22 2008 – Borders, Oxford
October 6, 2008 – 9:47 am
7.30pm at Borders bookshop in Oxford. A discussion on “India – Then and Now” with Alex von Tunzelmann, author of Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire and Edna Fernandes, author of Holy Warriors.
December 3 2007 – Asia House, Mayfair, London
October 6, 2008 – 9:46 am
Edna Fernandes discusses her book Holy Warriors.
August 15 2007 – Edinburgh International Book Festival
October 6, 2008 – 9:46 am
8.30pm at the Peppers Theatre, Edinburgh Festival. The author Edna Fernandes will discuss Holy Warriors in the context of the 60th anniversary of Partition
August 2 2007 – Frontline Club, London
October 6, 2008 – 9:45 am
7.30pm. Frontline Club, London. Author Edna Fernandes discusses her book Holy Warriors with moderator Caspar Melville, Editor of the New Humanist. See more about this event at the Frontline Club
Sunday Times
October 3, 2008 – 9:55 pm
A touching investigative account…Fernandes movingly captures the sombre, embattled mood of this population in ‘countdown mode’, all too painfully aware that they have already become a ‘souvenir people’” Read Review at Times Online
Literary Review
October 3, 2008 – 9:54 pm
“A dazzling history, well recounted by Edna Fernandes in this pacy, fascinating account of a Jewish settlement little known in the West,”
