The Language of Christmas in Faraway Lands

[Selma Carvalho]

By Saachi D'Souza

Long before I understood the words, I knew its feeling—that quiet turning of the year, the sound of something ending and beginning again. For us, it wasn’t about nostalgia for another place, but the small ache of remembering where we came from, even in a place that didn’t always make room for it.

https://www.joaoroqueliteraryjournal.com/nonfiction-1/2025/12/13/the-poetics-of-christmas-and-the-passage-of-time

The Language of christmas in faraway lands — Joao-Roque Literary Journal... By Saachi D’ Souza Growing up in the dominantly Hindu state of Gujarat, Christmas was more than gifts, family, ...

Selma Carvalho

Author of "Sisterhood of Swans" and "Notes on a Marriage" both published by Speaking Tiger, India.