Interview with Annada Sankar Ray [sound recording]

Annada Sankar Ray interviewed about Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings; division of Bengal; poetry

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/15/11 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 26 April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Ray; Annada Shankar (1904-2002); Indian writer
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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title Interview with Annada Sankar Ray [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 26 April 1997
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author Ray; Annada Shankar (1904-2002); Indian writer
author_facet Ray; Annada Shankar (1904-2002); Indian writer
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Ray; Annada Shankar (1904-2002); Indian writer
author_letter Ray; Annada Shankar (1904-2002); Indian writer
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
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scb_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.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Annada Sankar Ray's flat, Calcutta [Kolkata], India
description Annada Sankar Ray interviewed about Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings; division of Bengal; poetry
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access 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.
scb_copyright Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead
scb_use_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
language_search English
scb_originals MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 76, Side B
scb_copies Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
scb_related_material Partial transcript and notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01
scb_publications Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all
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