Learning Resources
While AIDCI is primarily committed to focusing on the human rights violations of the 1962 internment rather than the Sino-Indian war itself, we have provided a list of resources below for those interested in reading more about the history of the border conflict, its impact on the Chinese-Indian community, and implications for government and democracy.
Blogs
Voices of Deoli
"Voices of Deoli" is a documentary about Deoli Internment Camp and life thereafter for its internees. It is currently premiering at festivals around the United States. This blog captures some of the perspectives of the film's subjects.
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Check out the latest blog piece:
Articles
By Dilip D'Souza, 2012
Article in The Caravan
Allan Tickell, 2022
Article in Conversation​
By James Griffiths, 2012
Article in The Atlantic
By Monobina Gupta, 2020
Article in The Wire
By Joy Ma and Dilip D'Souza, 2020
Book excerpt published in The Print
6 / Chinese-Indians from Deoli Camp write to Modi again urging India to apologise for 1962 internment
By Dilip D'Souza, 2021
Article in scroll.in
By Kwai-yun Li, 2011
Thesis at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto
By Sandip Roy, 2016
Article in BBC News​
Books
1 / Chinatown Days
Rita Chowdhury
2018
By Joy Ma and Dilip D'Souza
2020
By Yin Marsh, former ex-internee
2016
Scholarly Works
By Kwai-yun Li, 2011
Thesis at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto
2 / Contemporary perspectives on ethically targeted internments: A study on the Chinese Indian and the Japanese Canadian wartime experiences
3 /Deoli Days: The internment of the Ethnic Chinese of India, the overseas Chinese Identity and the Nation-building in South Asia
Joita Das, 2023
Conference Paper for Comparative Asian Studies