The Deoliwallahs
01 February 2020Synopsis
‘Humanly compelling, beautifully told, and brings to light a forgotten chapter of Indian history, one we need to remember in these troubled times’ – Pratap Bhanu Mehta
The untold account of the internment of 3,000 Chinese-Indians after the 1962 Sino-Indian War.
Just after the Sino-Indian War of 1962, about 3,000 Chinese-Indians were sent to languish in a disused World War II POW...
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01 February 2020
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'Humanly compelling, beautifully told ... brings to light a forgotten chapter of Indian history, one we need to remember in these troubled times' PRATAP BHANU MEHTA
‘Deeply sensitive account of the [Deoli] internment and its aftermath ... a timely book’ JONATHAN GIL HARRIS
'The Deoliwallahs reminds us that discrimination and prejudice are a country’s worst vices’ RITA CHOWDHURY
‘[Joy Ma and Dilip D'Souza] have seamlessly woven together historical facts with personal stories about how the Chinese- Indians lost the country of their birth’ YIN MARSH
