Interview with Bhisham Sahni [sound recordings]

Bhisham Sahni interviewed about early life; Partition violence; well deaths; refugee trains; Independence Day.

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/03/10 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 9 September 1996
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Sahni; Bhisham (1915-2003); Hindi writer and activist
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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title Interview with Bhisham Sahni [sound recordings]
scb_date_creation 9 September 1996
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author Sahni; Bhisham (1915-2003); Hindi writer and activist
author_facet Sahni; Bhisham (1915-2003); Hindi writer and activist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Sahni; Bhisham (1915-2003); Hindi writer and activist
author_letter Sahni; Bhisham (1915-2003); Hindi writer and activist
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
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scb_admin_history Bhisham Sahni was a Hindi novelist, playwright and political activist. Born in Rawalpindi in August 1915 into a Hindu Punjabi family, he was educated at the Government College in Lahore and Khalsa College, Amritsar. He was an activist in the Quit India movement and was working for the Congress party at the time of Partiton. Travelled to Delhi in August 1947 to attend Independence celebrations and was unable to return. Between 1957 and 1963, he lived in Moscow and worked as a translator. In 1974 he published the novel 'Tamas' [Darkness], his acclaimed fictionalised account of Partition. Sahni was general secretary of the Progressive Writers Association. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for literature in 1998, and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2002. Sahni died in July 2003.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Bhisham Sahni's home in East Patel Nagar, Delhi, India
description Bhisham Sahni interviewed about early life; Partition violence; well deaths; refugee trains; Independence Day.
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access 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.
scb_copyright Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead
scb_use_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
language_search English
scb_originals MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 17, Side A + B
scb_copies Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
scb_related_material Partial transcript and notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01
scb_publications Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all
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