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

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
callnumber OA3/01/07/03
callnumber_txt OA3/01/07/03
callnumber-sort OA3/01/07/03
prefix_number 03
title Interview with Khorshed Mehta [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 18 January 1997
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 00:35:59
author Italia; Khorshed (b 1922); née Mehta, voluntary worker
author_facet Italia; Khorshed (b 1922); née Mehta, voluntary worker
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Italia; Khorshed (b 1922); née Mehta, voluntary worker
author_letter Italia; Khorshed (b 1922); née Mehta, voluntary worker
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
format Archive
scb_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.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Khorshed Mehta's home in Delhi, India
description Khorshed Mehta interviewed about rape victims during Partition; Delhi riots.
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 31, 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)
note Interviewee asked that her maiden name 'Khorshed Mehta' be used in broadcast.
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all
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