Interview with Babar Ayaz [sound recording]

Babar Ayaz interviewed about his views on the mistakes of Partition; Muhajirs.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: ? 5 January 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Babar Ayaz (fl 1997); Pakistani journalist and entrepreneur
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: Babar Ayaz interviewed about his views on the mistakes of Partition; Muhajirs.
Main author: Babar Ayaz (fl 1997); Pakistani journalist and entrepreneur
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:06:06
Admin history: Babar Ayaz was born in Pakistan in a Punjabi family who migrated to Pakistan from Bombay [Mumbai]. He is a former member of the Communist Party of Pakistan. Babar Ayaz worked as a journalist, later becoming a businessman and TV entrepreneur in Karachi.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead in a TV production company office in Karachi, 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 28, Side B
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