Interview with Sheela Sahni [sound recording]

Sheela Sahni interviewed about leaving Kashmir in 1947 and settling in a refugee colony in Patel Nagar in Delhi.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 26 January 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Sahni; Sheela (fl 1947-1997); wife of Bhisham Sahni
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: Sheela Sahni interviewed about leaving Kashmir in 1947 and settling in a refugee colony in Patel Nagar in Delhi.
Main author: Sahni; Sheela (fl 1947-1997); wife of Bhisham Sahni
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:27:36
Admin history: Sheela Sahni left Kashmir in 1947 and settled in a refugee colony in Patel Nagar, Delhi. She was the wife of the novelist, Bhisham Sahni.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead 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 33, 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