Interview with Amrita Pritam [sound recording]
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Title:
Interview with Amrita Pritam [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Creator:
Pritam; Amrita (1919-2005); Indian writer
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Amrita Pritam, 1919-2005 ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:14:15

Notes

Abstract:
Amrita Pritam interviewed about Lahore; women of Punjab; abduction of women during Partition. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Amrita Pritam was a prominent Indian Punjabi writer and poet. She was born on 31 August 1919 in Gujranwala, Punjab. Following Partition she migrated from Lahore to India. Pritam wrote the poem, ''Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu' (Today I invoke Waris Shah), an elegy to the 18th-century Punjabi Sufi poet, which deals with the violence of Partition. She wrote 28 novels, 18 anthologies of prose, five short stories and 16 miscellaneous prose volumes. She died on 31 October 2005 in New Delhi.
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Interview by Andrew Whitehead
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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.
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Duration: Duration: 00:14:15
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Recording no.: 141
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Date of Interview: 1997
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Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 79, Side B
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Publication note: Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
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No transcript
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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
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VIAF (name authority) : Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/19688344

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 )
OA3/01/16/04 ( CALM Reference number )