Interview with Leela Thompson [sound recording]

Leela Thompson interviewed about events in Baramulla and Srinagar, Kashmir in the autumn of 1947.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 12 October 2003
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Thompson; Leela (b 1914); née Pasricha
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Summary: Leela Thompson interviewed about events in Baramulla and Srinagar, Kashmir in the autumn of 1947.
Main author: Thompson; Leela (b 1914); née Pasricha
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 01:14:45
Admin history: Leela Thompson (née Pasricha) was born 1914 and was a young widow in Srinagar at the time of the raiders' attack on Baramulla, Kashmir.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Leela Thompson's home in a retirement village at Boothbay Harbour, Maine, USA
Access status: Open
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.
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
Copies: Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
Related material: Transcript with notes 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)
Format: Archive