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Sep 29, 20207 min read
The Last Dragon Dance: Chinatown Stories by Kwai-Yun Li
Published by Penguin India Available on Amazon A collection of short stories set in Chinatown Calcutta in the 1960's. Kwai-Yun Li's Hakka...
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Jennifer Liang
Sep 18, 20207 min read
Ah Leen's Story - Part 2
in 1948, Ah Leen and her family leave behind rural life and reach cheenapada in Calcutta. They encounter a Chinatown in its full glory.
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Jennifer Liang
Sep 17, 202011 min read
Ah Leen's Story - Part 3
4 years after landing up in Tiretti Bazaar cheena pada in full bloom in the 1950s, Ah Leen marries a scholar carpenter. This is his story
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Sep 10, 202017 min read
The Chinese Community Of Calcutta An Interview With Paul Chung
Chapter 6 of The Calcutta Mosaic: The Minority Communities of Calcutta Eds. Nilanjana Gupta, Himadri Banerjee, Sipra Mukherjee. London,...
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Sep 10, 20201 min read
The Bowbazaar Chinatown by Zhang Xing
India International Centre Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 3/4, INDIACHINA Neighbours A history of the “Cheenapara” or Chinatown in central...
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Sep 10, 20201 min read
Invisible Chinese: Revealing an ethnic enclave
This study by Lukas Pauer and Adam David Wilson from ETH Studio Basel looks at the spatial dynamics of Chinatown in Kolkatta. It looks at...
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