Frances Major

My Indian Jatra: Half a Century Life in India Frances Major

"This book affords an unusualglimpse of the life and work of a missionary. Most of this volume has beengenerated from letters written by the author to family and friends over severaldecades.¿ Thus there is a freshness andimmediacy about the narrative. ¿¿¿Thereader is there,¿present to the sights and sounds and smells of a teeming Asianmetropolis or remote village.¿ Sherecounts the coming of Indian Independence, the birth of free India,the genesis of Pakistan,the assassination of Gandhi in remarkably vivid phrases.¿¿ Mostly, she shows us people, people inneed.¿ But also some captives of greed,the sick, the persecuted, the hungry, the forgotten ones of earth; and always wefind her serving the least ones in the name of Christ. Francesclearly loves Indiaand her people.¿ She loves Bengal.¿ She loves Calcutta(and wore a badge which said so), while most visitors have seen only its sordidside.¿ As I read this book, I experienceda growing pride in the mission of the Church, in rediscovery of what it is tobe a faithful missionary, a fresh summons to be a better missionary myself.'Bishop, James K. Mathews, Retired