Interview with Nasreen Azhar [sound recording]

Nasreen Azhar interviewed about Pakistani Left; experiences as a schoolgirl in Simla in 1947; Parition violence in Simla; her family warned of attack on house; travel with family to Delhi; refugees in Kalka; family's move to Multan; view that Partition was right political decision.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 25 September 1995
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Azhar; Nasreen (b c 1937); Pakistani feminist
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Summary: Nasreen Azhar interviewed about Pakistani Left; experiences as a schoolgirl in Simla in 1947; Parition violence in Simla; her family warned of attack on house; travel with family to Delhi; refugees in Kalka; family's move to Multan; view that Partition was right political decision.
Main author: Azhar; Nasreen (b c 1937); Pakistani feminist
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:23:48
Admin history: Nasreen Azhar is a Pakistani feminist. She was a schoolgirl in Simla in 1947. Once close to the Communist Party of Pakistan, Azhar has been associated with women's movement since 1981. She is a member of Women's Action Forum and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Nasreen Azhar's home in Islamabad, Pakistan
Access status: Open
Access conditions: MP3 audio file can be accessed on DVD-R in Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Users must bring their own headphones and computer to consult material.
Copyright: Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead
User restrictions: The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 200 words) can be published with an appropriate acknowledgement. Any publication of longer extracts or use of interviews for broadcast requires the prior written permission of Andrew Whitehead.
Language: English
Originals: MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 6, Side A
Copies: Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
Related material: Partial transcript and notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01
Publications: Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
Format: Archive