Interview with Annada Sankar Ray [sound recording]
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Title:
Interview with Annada Sankar Ray [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Alternate Title:
Interview with Annadāśaṅkara Rāẏa [sound recording]
Creator:
Ray; Annada Shankar (1904-2002); Indian writer
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Rāẏa, Annadāśaṅkara, 1904-2002 ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:10:35

Notes

Abstract:
Annada Sankar Ray interviewed about Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings; division of Bengal; poetry ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Annada Shankar Ray was a Bengali poet and essayist. He was born in 1904 in Dhenkanal, Bihar and Orissa province [Odisha], India. He was educated at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, India. He worked as a Indian Civil Service officer (1927-1951). Ray was a prominent poet and essayist in Oriya and Bengali. He was the author of 'Pathe Prabase', a diary of his trip to Europe in 1931. He wrote frequenlty on the subject of Partition, notably his poem 'Teler shishi bhaanglo bole khukur pare raag karo' [why scold the child for breaking the bottle of oil, when the adults have broken the nation'. He died in Kolkata on 28 October 2002.
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Annada Sankar Ray's flat, Calcutta [Kolkata], 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: 00:10:35
General Note:
Recording no.: 135
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Date of Interview: 26 April 1997
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Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 76, Side B
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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) : Rāẏa, Annadāśaṅkara, 1904-2002 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/39391009

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 )
OA3/01/15/11 ( CALM Reference number )