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GUWAHATI, Nov. 7 -- Noted writer Rita Chowdhury today made an appeal to all political parties, groups, organizations and the society of the State as a whole to come forward to support and accept the Assamese people of Chinese origin who are living in the state of anonymity, sulking the wounds inflicted by the 1962 Indo-Chinese war.
The Chinese people, who were brought to Assam by the East India Company to utilize their skill in the then nascent tea industry, subsequently settled down in the State establishing matrimonial relations with the indigenous people. Unfortunately, they were subjected to inhuman treatment in the wake of the 1962 Indo-Chinese War and condemned as enemies of India for their Chinese origin.
Rita Chowdhury has presented a touching picture on the plight of these people, who are mainly...