Interview with Khorshed Mehta [sound recording]

Khorshed Mehta interviewed about rape victims during Partition; Delhi riots.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 18 January 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Italia; Khorshed (b 1922); née Mehta, voluntary worker
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: Khorshed Mehta interviewed about rape victims during Partition; Delhi riots.
Main author: Italia; Khorshed (b 1922); née Mehta, voluntary worker
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:35:59
Note: Interviewee asked that her maiden name 'Khorshed Mehta' be used in broadcast.
Admin history: Khorshed Italia (née Mehta) was a born 8th August 1922 to a Parsi family. She worked for two months in the summer of 1947 as a voluntary welfare worker with abused and displaced women in Delhi.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Khorshed Mehta's home in Delhi, India
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 31, Side A + 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