Home is where hearth is
By Chitralekha Basu | China Daily | Updated: 2009-11-10 09:10
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Elderly Chinese gather to play mahjong in an unrestored colonial building in downtown Calcutta. Photos by Chitralekha Basu |
In an iconic scene in the Satyajit Ray film Aparajito (The Unvanquished, 1956) when young protagonist Apu, newly-arrived in Calcutta from the village, stops under a shade in the rain, he has a multitude of faces - European, Indian and Chinese - standing around him.
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