Interview with Kartar Singh Duggal & Ayesha Duggal [sound recording]

K.S. Duggal interviewed about Partition, his memories and its influence on his writing. Ayesha Duggel interviewed about her time as a doctor working with abducted Muslim women in Jallandhar, India after 1947.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 8 April 2007
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Duggal; Kartar Singh (1917-2012); Indian writer
Other authors: Duggal; Ayesha Kaur (1917-2012); née Jafri, doctor, 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: K.S. Duggal interviewed about Partition, his memories and its influence on his writing. Ayesha Duggel interviewed about her time as a doctor working with abducted Muslim women in Jallandhar, India after 1947.
Main author: Duggal; Kartar Singh (1917-2012); Indian writer
Other authors: Duggal; Ayesha Kaur (1917-2012); née Jafri, doctor, Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:43:49
Admin history: Kartar Singh Duggal was born into a Sikh family in 1917 in Dhamal, near Rawalpindi. He was educated at Forman Christian College, Lahore. In March 1947, he was working for All India Radio in Lahore. In early August 1947 he was transferred to All India Radio in Delhi. He witnessed the Delhi riots. Duggal became station Director for All India Radio. He became a noted author of short stories, novels, plays and literary criticism. He married Ayesha Duggal (née Jafri), a doctor from a Muslim family.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead, Delhi, India
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: Summary notes on interview 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