Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Event Recording of Online Book Talk: The Deoliwallahs and Questions of Citizenship
Starting in 1962, India imprisoned around 3,000 Chinese-Indians in a camp in Deoli, Rajasthan, some for up to five years. This happened purely because at a time of war with China, these people “looked Chinese”. This is a page of Indian history that comes wrapped in prejudice and fear, and is today totally forgotten. But nearly six decades later, some survivors of that experience are starting to speak.
This online book talk on “The Deoliwallahs: The True Story of the 1962 Chinese-Indian Internment” was hosted by the Centre for India and South Asia Research and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC on April 12, 2021.
Video Edited by Saya Soma.
For more information on the event and speakers, please visit - cisar.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/deoliwallahs
Event Recording of Online Book Talk: The Deoliwallahs and Questions of Citizenship
Starting in 1962, India imprisoned around 3,000 Chinese-Indians in a camp in Deoli, Rajasthan, some for up to five years. This happened purely because at a time of war with China, these people “looked Chinese”. This is a page of Indian history that comes wrapped in prejudice and fear, and is today totally forgotten. But nearly six decades later, some survivors of that experience are starting to speak.
This online book talk on “The Deoliwallahs: The True Story of the 1962 Chinese-Indian Internment” was hosted by the Centre for India and South Asia Research and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC on April 12, 2021.
Video Edited by Saya Soma.
For more information on the event and speakers, please visit - cisar.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/deoliwallahs
