Recordings at Gandhi Vanita Ashram, Jalandhar (1) [sound recording]
Recordings at the Gandhi Vanita Ashram for Widows & Destitute Women in Jalandhar, India, a shelter for women. Interviews with Savindra Trivedi; Rukmani Devi; Prakashwanti; & Swaran Savindra Trivedi interviewed (in Hindi) about women; partition violence. Rukamni Devi interviewed (in Punjabi...
| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
March 1997 |
| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Trivedi; Savindra (fl 1947-1997); freedom fighter |
| Other authors: | Devi; Rukamni (b c 1907); of Ghandhi Vanita Ashram, Prakashwanti (b c 1927); of Ghandhi Vanita Ashram, Swaran (fl 1997); of Ghandhi Vanita Ashram, 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: |
Recordings at the Gandhi Vanita Ashram for Widows & Destitute Women in Jalandhar, India, a shelter for women. Interviews with Savindra Trivedi; Rukmani Devi; Prakashwanti; & Swaran
Savindra Trivedi interviewed (in Hindi) about women; partition violence.
Rukamni Devi interviewed (in Punjabi ) about women and partition.
Prakashwanti interviewed (in Punjabi) about her experience of violence during Partition
Swaran interviewed (in Punjabi) about life in Gandhi Vanita Ashram. |
| Main author: | Trivedi; Savindra (fl 1947-1997); freedom fighter |
| Other authors: | Devi; Rukamni (b c 1907); of Ghandhi Vanita Ashram, Prakashwanti (b c 1927); of Ghandhi Vanita Ashram, Swaran (fl 1997); of Ghandhi Vanita Ashram, Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:43:11 |
| Admin history: | Savindra Trivedi was a Brahmin by birth and the daughter of a barrister. She was a freedom fighter during British rule and was in jail during Partition. She is the cousin of Indian revolutionary, Chandra Shekhar Azad. She helped establish the Gandhi Vanita Ashram for Widows & Destitute Women shelter. |
| Custodial history: | Recording by Andrew Whitehead |
| 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: | Hindi Panjabi |
| Originals: |
MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 47, 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 |