| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
Amrita Pritam interviewed about Lahore; women of Punjab; abduction of women during Partition.
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| Main author: |
Pritam; Amrita (1919-2005); Indian writer |
| Other authors: |
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:14:15
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| Note: |
No transcript
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| Admin history: |
Amrita Pritam was a prominent Indian Punjabi writer and poet. She was born on 31 August 1919 in Gujranwala, Punjab. Following Partition she migrated from Lahore to India. Pritam wrote the poem, ''Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu' (Today I invoke Waris Shah), an elegy to the 18th-century Punjabi Sufi poet, which deals with the violence of Partition. She wrote 28 novels, 18 anthologies of prose, five short stories and 16 miscellaneous prose volumes. She died on 31 October 2005 in New Delhi. |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Andrew Whitehead |
| 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 79, Side B
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| Copies: |
Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections. |
| 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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