Interview with Bapsi Sidhwa & Urvashi Butalia [sound recording]

Bapsi Sidhwa & Urvashi Butalia interviewed about different understandings of Partition, and contrasting narratives, in India and Pakistan.

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/18/07 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 4 January 2000
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
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
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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title Interview with Bapsi Sidhwa & Urvashi Butalia [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 4 January 2000
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scb_extent 00:29:06
author Sidhwa; Bapsi (b 1938); Pakistani novelist
author_facet Sidhwa; Bapsi (b 1938); Pakistani novelist
Butalia; Urvashi (b 1952); Indian feminist and publisher
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Sidhwa; Bapsi (b 1938); Pakistani novelist
author_letter Sidhwa; Bapsi (b 1938); Pakistani novelist
author2 Butalia; Urvashi (b 1952); Indian feminist and publisher
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Butalia; Urvashi (b 1952); Indian feminist and publisher
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
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scb_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.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead via telephone.
description Bapsi Sidhwa & Urvashi Butalia interviewed about different understandings of Partition, and contrasting narratives, in India and Pakistan.
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access 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.
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_copies Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
scb_related_material Summary notes on interview compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
scb_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)
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all
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