Chinese school in MAKUM
From: Paul Chung <paulhf.chung@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:02:19 +0530
Subject: Thank you for your concern.
To: Rieeta Choudhury Author <reetachowdhury@gmail.com>Dear Ms. Reeta,
Let me on behalf of the Chinese community of Kolkata congratulate you
for your book on the Chinese at Makum. It has brought a ray of hope
on the horizon in the lives of those who had suffered since 1962. To
us it may lead to the healing process which is long over due, and open
the door for the Chinese Indian to take their proper place in this
land of our birth.
We are the people who are well known for our realistic commitment.
while so in the process of our living in this land of our birth we
somehow are bound by the fear of 1962,which lead to a sense of
insecurity instead of belonging which make us secure and thus
enhance our commitment toward the land of our birth.
We do not wish to be half hearted in our work, and are willing to look
realistically at the past. We therefore, are with you in your effort
to do something that will be good the Chinese Indian not of Assam
alone , but whole of India..
Thank you again for your concern and we assure you of our support.
Yours in the effort of becoming more abiding Indian citizen,
Paul Chung. President of Indian Chinese Association for Culture,
Welfare and Development.1. email from: Harry Shaw <hshaw@rogers.com>
Date: Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:14 AM
Subject: Letter to Indian Prime Minister
To: Rita Chowdhury <reetachowdhury@gmail.com>Dear Ms Chowdhury
On behalf of the Association of India Deoli Camp Survivors (1962), I would like to forward you a copy of our letter to the Prime Minister of India, dated August 19, 2010. We are requesting the erection of a monument at the former Deoli Internment Camp site, as an acknowledgement of the persecution of ethnic Chinese after the Indo-China border war of 1962. Attached is a scanned copy of the letter (pg. 1 & 2).
In the past, you have written and published works on the subject of the ethnic Chinese community in India. Your latest book “MAKAM, A painful story of the Chinese Assamese across Assam” has become a household word among the Indian Chinese communities in India, Hong Kong and North America.
As survivors of the Deoli camp, we thank you for your tireless efforts in reporting the truth and in raising awareness of the suffering and tragic plight of the Chinese during and after the 1962 war. We have silently waited for almost half a century for the government of India and its political leaders to bring this shameful chapter in modern post-independence India to a close. We hope that the government of India will do the honourable thing and approve our reasonable request.
We would greatly appreciate any support you may give to our association, as we believe our request would be much advanced with your help. Hope to keep mutually informed.
Regards,
Harry Shaw
Gen. Secretary
Association of India Deoli Camp Internees (1962)
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