Stray Birds on the Huangpu: A History of Indians in Old Shanghai

By Tina Kanagaratnam | August 14th, 2018 | Books, Indians in old Shanghai, Sikhs in Shanghai, Tagore in Shanghai, Tatas in Shanghai | 0 Comment

The image of the turbanned Sikh policeman, hong tou ah-san to generations of Chinese, remains the popular image of Indians in old Shanghai. But the reality that editors Mishi Saran and Dr. Zhang Ke unveil in their new bilingual anthology, Stray Birds on the Huangpu: A History of Indians in Shanghai (Shanghai People’s Fine ...