Interview with Bhisham Sahni [sound recordings]
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Title:
Interview with Bhisham Sahni [sound recordings]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Alternate Title:
Interview with Bhīshma, Sāhanī [sound recordings]
Creator:
Sahni; Bhisham (1915-2003); Hindi writer and activist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Sāhanī, Bhīshma,‏ ‎1915-2003 ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:59:00

Notes

Abstract:
Bhisham Sahni interviewed about early life; Partition violence; well deaths; refugee trains; Independence Day. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Bhisham Sahni was a Hindi novelist, playwright and political activist. Born in Rawalpindi in August 1915 into a Hindu Punjabi family, he was educated at the Government College in Lahore and Khalsa College, Amritsar. He was an activist in the Quit India movement and was working for the Congress party at the time of Partiton. Travelled to Delhi in August 1947 to attend Independence celebrations and was unable to return. Between 1957 and 1963, he lived in Moscow and worked as a translator. In 1974 he published the novel 'Tamas' [Darkness], his acclaimed fictionalised account of Partition. Sahni was general secretary of the Progressive Writers Association. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for literature in 1998, and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2002. Sahni died in July 2003.
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Bhisham Sahni's home in East Patel Nagar, Delhi, India
General Note:
Conditions governing reproduction: The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 50 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.
General Note:
Duration: Duration: 00:59:00
General Note:
Recording no.: 20
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Date of Interview: 9 September 1996
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Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 17, Side A + B
General Note:
Related material: Partial transcript and notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01
General Note:
Publication note: Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
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Order with this reference: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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VIAF (name authority) : Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/303972108
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Sāhanī, Bhīshma,‏ ‎‡d 1915-2003‏ : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/19703316

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Rights Management:
All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 ( Order with reference )
OA3/01/03/10 ( CALM Reference number )