The Deoli wallahs the true story of the 1962 Chinese-Indian internment
"Just after the Sino-Indian War of 1962, about 3,000 Chinese-Indians were sent to languish in a disused World War II POW camp in Deoli, Rajasthan, marking the beginning of a painful five-year-long internment without resolution. At a time of war with China, these 'Chinese-looking' peop...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New Delhi
Macmillan
2020
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Just after the Sino-Indian War of 1962, about 3,000 Chinese-Indians were sent to languish in a disused World War II POW camp in Deoli, Rajasthan, marking the beginning of a painful five-year-long internment without resolution. At a time of war with China, these 'Chinese-looking' people had fallen prey to government suspicion and paranoia which soon seeped into the public consciousness. This is a page of Indian history that comes wrapped in prejudice and fear, and is today largely forgotten. But over five decades on, survivors of the internment are finally starting to tell their stories. As several Indian communities are once again faced with discrimination, "The Deoliwallahs" records these untold stories through extensive interviews with seven survivors of the Deoli internment. Through these accounts, the book not only recovers a crucial chapter in our history, but also documents for the first time how the Chinese came to be in India, how they made this country their home and became a significant community, until the war of 1962 brought on a terrible incarceration, displacement and tragedy."-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Beschreibung: | xxxix, 198 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789389109382 9389109388 |