This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. The plot of every Jewish holiday goes something like this: They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat. On Purim, we revel in the tale of a Persian court adviser who ...

As one century gives way to another, a child is born in Mumbai. “The millennium’s gift,” Chandni Contractor, is a source of joy to her parents. When Chandni turns 4 and reveals herself to be a musical prodigy, she becomes a source of wonder.