This week's edition of South Asia Wired features a Dutch author and a Dutch-American video art duo who have one thing in common: they each went on a journey to the South Asian region to find out something about its history, but ultimately also about themselves and their own heritage.

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Dutch heritage in Sri Lanka and India
The VOC, the East India Company, was a 17th and 18th century Dutch trading company that operated in the Dutch colonies in the East, such as Indië (currently Indonesia). VOC-ships sailing from the Netherlands to Indië used locations in Sri Lanka and India as stopovers. (Pictured above is a copper engraving of the city of Colombo, made in 1680 by the VOC).

There's not much left of the VOC's rich heritage there, but Dutch-American art duo Eline Jongsma and Kel O' Neill went on a road trip to look for traces of old Dutch colonialism, resulting in their video art project 'Empire', which is currently on display in New Delhi.

One of the things they discovered was a typically Dutch-styled old people's compound in Sri Lanka, the Dutch Welcome Home village.

Daughters of Durga
The female aspect of God is slowly disappearing from this world, says Dutch author Marnel Breure. India is one of only a few places where godesses are still honoured. In her new book, The Daughters of Durga, Ms Breure tries to trace the godesses of India on a journey along the banks of the Ganges.

She met powerful Indian women who influenced her way of thinking and who changed her life for good.