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'‘But he’s a stranger,’ my mother lamented when I announced my intention to marry. I suspect that this might be the cry of every mother when her daughter announces her intentions to marry anyone but the boy-next-door.
In this case, Mum had a point. Neither she nor Dad had met the man in question. In fact, he had never set foot in Australia.
Three months later, I stood with my new husband in the light of early evening beneath an arch in the gardens of the hotel Ashoka in the South Indian city of Chennai…' (Publication extract)
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Saffron and Silk
2019
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— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , May vol. 30 no. 2 2019; (p. 6-7) 'Asked how she feels about India, academic and educator Anne Benjamin says is it too complex, historically and politically, to give a simple answer. But spending three and a half years there and her long association with it was transformative, and she is comfortable to say she now feels ‘part of Indian communities’.' (Introduction) -
Saffron and Silk by Anne Benjamin (David Lovell Publishing, 2016)
2017
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— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 9 no. 2 2017; 'How does one go about the impossible task of capturing on paper the essence of living in India? How does one answer the question: how do you like India? A difficult question for most westerners who visit India – but for Anne Benjamin who married an Indian and went to live and work there in the 1980s, it’s even more profound.' (Introduction)
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Saffron and Silk by Anne Benjamin (David Lovell Publishing, 2016)
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 9 no. 2 2017; 'How does one go about the impossible task of capturing on paper the essence of living in India? How does one answer the question: how do you like India? A difficult question for most westerners who visit India – but for Anne Benjamin who married an Indian and went to live and work there in the 1980s, it’s even more profound.' (Introduction) -
Saffron and Silk
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , May vol. 30 no. 2 2019; (p. 6-7) 'Asked how she feels about India, academic and educator Anne Benjamin says is it too complex, historically and politically, to give a simple answer. But spending three and a half years there and her long association with it was transformative, and she is comfortable to say she now feels ‘part of Indian communities’.' (Introduction)
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cIndia,cSouth Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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