The settlement of Jews in India stretches back to two millennia and represents one of the smallest religious groups in the subcontinent. The Indian Jewish experience was characterised by complex combinations of assimilation, alienation, nostalgia, and patriotism. The formation of the State of Israel on 14 May, 1948 introduced the idea of Aliyah (Hebrew word meaning ascent) among the Indian Jews following the beginning of migration to the Jewish Homeland. The migration of Indian Jews back to Israel was not an escape from difficulties but based out of an entanglement of utopian nostalgia and aspiration, informed by historical-materialist as well as by messianic memory markers. This research involves the analysis of life narratives written in the Indian Jewish context. The methodological approach uses memory studies as the principal framework to examine the literature and popular culture of Indian Jews. This study will also incorporate a complex epistemological frame combining perspectives from material engagement theory and affect studies. Such combination will be mapped onto an interdisciplinary examination of fictional and non-fictional texts as well as relevant films for this research.