Interview with Sheila Sen Gupta [sound recording]

Sheila Sen Gupta interviewed about experiences of women during Partition; helping abducted women; Mridula Sarabhai.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 24 April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Gupta; Sheila Sen (b c 1925); née Bose, relief worker, niece of Subhas Chandra Bose
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: Sheila Sen Gupta interviewed about experiences of women during Partition; helping abducted women; Mridula Sarabhai.
Main author: Gupta; Sheila Sen (b c 1925); née Bose, relief worker, niece of Subhas Chandra Bose
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:12:52
Admin history: Sheila Sen Gupta, née Bose was the daughter of Suresh Chadra Bose and niece of Subhas Chandra Bose. She was active in relief work following the Noakhali riots, and later in 1950 worked on relief in Delhi with Mridula Sarabhai, where she helped return women abducted during the Partition period.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the home of Sheila Sen Gupta's friend Ashoka Gupta, Calcutta [Kolkata], 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 74, Side 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