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Sisters of Mokama: The Pioneering Women Who Brought Hope and Healing to India

Jyoti Thottam

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New York Times editor Jyoti Thottam's mother was part of an extraordinary group of Indian women. Born in 1946, a time when few women dared to leave their house without the protection of a man, she left home by herself at just fifteen years old and traveled to Bihar -- an impoverished and isolated state in northern India that had been one of the bloodiest regions of Partition -- in order to train to be a nurse under the tutelage of the determined and resourceful Appalachian nuns who ran Nazareth Hospital. Like Thottam's mother's journey, the hospital was a radical undertaking: it was run almost entirely by women, who insisted on giving the highest possible standard of care to everyone who walked through its doors, regardless of caste or religion.

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  • Publisher: Center Point
  • Publish Date: Aug 1st, 2022
  • Pages: 500
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.53in - 5.72in - 1.06in - 1.35lb
  • EAN: 9781638084099
  • Categories: • Women• Asia - South - General• Medical (Incl. Patients)

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In her new book, Sisters of Mokama, Jyoti Thottam draws upon twenty years’ worth of research to tell the inspiring story of Nazareth Hospital for the first time. https://t.co/iDz8Kt4cUI

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Jyoti Thottam, author of 'Sisters of Mokama: The Pioneering Women who Brought Hope and Healing to India', Senior Opinion Editor with The New York Times and former South Asia bureau chief for Time, spoke to Uday Balakrishnan in a zoom call. Excerpts: https://t.co/o0L7kv4fQn

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Huge congrats to my friend (and Head of @NYTOpinion Editorial Board) @JyotiThottam on her new book SISTERS OF MOKAMA, an amazing story of six intrepid Kentucky nuns' journey to build a hospital in the poorest state in India. I couldn't put it down. https://tinyurl.com/2h85jwmd

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