"Beyond Barbed Wires: A Distant Dawn" film screening followed by a discussion at Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6pm on 6th October 2015

Time : 6:00 pm Add to Calendar 06/10/2015 18:00 06/10/2015 19:30 Asia/Kolkata "Beyond Barbed Wires: A Distant Dawn" film screening followed by a discussion Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/09/beyond-barbed-wires-distant-dawn-film.html Seminar Rooms II to III, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Seminar Rooms II to III, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003

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Event Description : 
Film : 
Beyond Barbed Wires: A Distant Dawn (35 min; dvd; English)
Directed by Rafeeq Ellias who will introduce the film

A Knock at Midnight  - More than 50 years ago the lives of thousands of Chinese living in India changed when they were taken from their homes in the Darjeeling and Assam areas to an internment camp in Deoli, Rajasthan. The film explores in gripping vignettes how some ex-internees have lived with the experience

The Deoliwallahs – The Last Generation of Survivors of the Chinese Internment Camp in Deoli
Panelists: Michael Cheng was six years old when he was interned. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with his family; Joy Ma is a writer and attended Delhi University. Born in Deoli, she is working on a book about her family’s journey in India; Yin Marsh was 13 when she went to Deoli. She is the author of Doing Time with Nehru; and Steven Wan who was a teenager when he was interned with his family. He lives in Toronto, Canada

Discussion : 
"Beyond Barbed Wires: Discussing the Deoli Experience" a discussion
Chair: Dilip D’Souza, Mumbai-based writer and journalist

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"Beyond Barbed Wires: A Distant Dawn" film screening followed by a discussion at Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6pm on 6th October 2015 "Beyond Barbed Wires: A Distant Dawn" film screening followed by a discussion at Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6pm on 6th October 2015 Reviewed by DelhiEvents on Tuesday, October 06, 2015 Rating: 5

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