Interview with Kalim Sharifi [sound recording]
Kalim Sharifi interviewed about Communist Party of India (CPI) policy towards Muslim League; involvement with Indian People's Theatre Association; attempts to promote unity through the arts; Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings; views on Partition; includes short rendition of anti-British song...
| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
? 21 April 1997 |
| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Sharifi; Kalim (fl 1947-1997); Bengali cultural activist |
| 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: |
Kalim Sharifi interviewed about Communist Party of India (CPI) policy towards Muslim League; involvement with Indian People's Theatre Association; attempts to promote unity through the arts; Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings; views on Partition; includes short rendition of anti-British song and rendition of national unity song (with translation). |
| Main author: | Sharifi; Kalim (fl 1947-1997); Bengali cultural activist |
| Other authors: | Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:30:55 |
| Note: |
Date on transcript is listed as April 1996. However, other Dhaka interviews are listed as April 1997. |
| Admin history: | Kalim Sharifi was originally from Calcutta [Kolkatta]. He was jailed for his activism in the Quit India movement and in jail joined the Communist Party of India (CPI). He was an activist in the left-wing Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) in Caluctta. Sharifi was student of medicine in 1946. He left the CPI in 1948 and moved to Dhaka in 1950. He stayed in London between 1971 and 1972 to escape harassment. Sharifi later became a supporter of Awami League. |
| Custodial history: | Interview by Andrew Whitehead, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 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 Bengali |
| Originals: |
MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 68, 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 |