Interview with Sat Paul Sahni [sound recording]

Sati Sahni interviewed about memories of 1947 and the reporting of the Kashmir conflict.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 27 March 2005
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Sahni; Sat Paul (c 1923-2010); Indian journalist, known as Sati Sahni
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: Sati Sahni interviewed about memories of 1947 and the reporting of the Kashmir conflict.
Main author: Sahni; Sat Paul (c 1923-2010); Indian journalist, known as Sati Sahni
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 01:15:17
Admin history: Sati Sahni (Sat Paul Sahni) was from a Punjabi family in Kashmir. He was educated at Punjab University, Lahore. Sahni was a war correspondent in Kashmir in 1947-1948. He became a leading print and photo journalist in Kashmir, working for the 'Times of India'. He later became Director General of Information, Publicity Public Relations and Tourism Publicity, Jammu and Kashmir. He left Kashmir in 1989 due to the insurgency. He died in 2010.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead
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 the publication: Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
Format: Archive