Interview with Amrita Pritam [sound recording]

Amrita Pritam interviewed about Lahore; women of Punjab; abduction of women during Partition.

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/16/04 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Pritam; Amrita (1919-2005); Indian writer
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

collection SOAS Archive
id OA3.01.16.04
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
callnumber OA3/01/16/04
callnumber_txt OA3/01/16/04
callnumber-sort OA3/01/16/04
prefix_number 04
title Interview with Amrita Pritam [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 1997
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 00:14:15
author Pritam; Amrita (1919-2005); Indian writer
author_facet Pritam; Amrita (1919-2005); Indian writer
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Pritam; Amrita (1919-2005); Indian writer
author_letter Pritam; Amrita (1919-2005); Indian writer
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
format Archive
scb_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.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead
description Amrita Pritam interviewed about Lahore; women of Punjab; abduction of women during Partition.
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 79, Side B
scb_copies Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
scb_publications Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
note No transcript
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all
hierarchy_top_id_raw OA3
hierarchy_sequence OA3.0001.0016.0004

Similar items