| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
Bapsi Sidhwa & Urvashi Butalia interviewed about different understandings of Partition, and contrasting narratives, in India and Pakistan.
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| Main author: |
Sidhwa; Bapsi (b 1938); Pakistani novelist |
| Other authors: |
Butalia; Urvashi (b 1952); Indian feminist and publisher, Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:29:06
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| Admin history: |
Bapsi Sidhwa was born in Karachi in 1938 into a Parsi Zoroastrian family. Her family later moved to Lahore. She studied at Kinnaird College for Women in Lahore. In 1991, Sidhwa wrote 'Ice Candy Man' (republished as 'Cracking India'), a novel which deals with the Partition of India and its aftermath. She resides in Houston, USA. |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Andrew Whitehead via telephone. |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Access conditions: |
MP3 audio file can be accessed on CD-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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| Copies: |
Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections. |
| Related material: |
Summary notes on interview compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03 |
| Publications: |
Research for broadcast of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'An Incident in Kashmir' (2003); and Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
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| Format: |
Archive
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