| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
Annada Sankar Ray interviewed about Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings; division of Bengal; poetry
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| Main author: |
Ray; Annada Shankar (1904-2002); Indian writer |
| Other authors: |
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:10:35
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| Admin history: |
Annada Shankar Ray was a Bengali poet and essayist. He was born in 1904 in Dhenkanal, Bihar and Orissa province [Odisha], India. He was educated at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, India. He worked as a Indian Civil Service officer (1927-1951). Ray was a prominent poet and essayist in Oriya and Bengali. He was the author of 'Pathe Prabase', a diary of his trip to Europe in 1931. He wrote frequenlty on the subject of Partition, notably his poem 'Teler shishi bhaanglo bole khukur pare raag karo' [why scold the child for breaking the bottle of oil, when the adults have broken the nation'. He died in Kolkata on 28 October 2002. |
Annada Shankar Ray was a Bengali poet and essayist. He was born in 1904 in Dhenkanal, Bihar and Orissa province [Odisha], India. He was educated at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, India. He worked as a Indian Civil Service officer (1927-1951). Ray was a prominent poet and essayist in Oriya and Bengali. He was the author of 'Pathe Prabase', a diary of his trip to Europe in 1931. He wrote frequenlty on the subject of Partition, notably his poem 'Teler shishi bhaanglo bole khukur pare raag karo' [why scold the child for breaking th ... View more |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Annada Sankar Ray's flat, Calcutta [Kolkata], India |
| Access status: |
Open
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Originals: |
MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 76, Side B
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| 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)
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| Format: |
Archive
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