Learning Resources
Though AIDCI is primarily committed to focusing on the human rights violations of the 1962 internment rather than the Sino-Indian war itself, we find it helpful to include resources 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.
Projects
"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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This creative, living project documents and tells the story of the Indian-Chinese community through short films, photos, food blogs, and community-led storytelling.
Created by Aileen Chen, Iram Ghufran, Jennifer Liang, Jenny Pinto, Koel Chatterjee, Lawrence Liang, and our long-time friend, Vidura Jang Bahadur.​
Following the history of Chinese migration to India, this documentary draws on the historical, political, and economic perspectives and memories of local Chinese-Indians. Spanning a 200-year period that examines the Chinese community's positionality during British colonization, independence, the Sino-Indian border conflict, and the years thereafter, the film also peers at community relationships with citizenship, national identity, and cultural hybridity.
Directed by Julian Lee and produced by Shefong Chung
In the News
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
By Dilip D'Souza, 2021
Article in scroll.in
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
Joita Das, 2023
Conference Paper for Comparative Asian Studies
Zhang Xing, 2020
Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Sandeep Ray, 2023
positions: asia critique, Volume 31, Number 4