Inder Cheema interviewed about childhood memories of Baramulla. Recording also includes a conversation between Cheema and his mother Leela Thompson.
Interview with Inder Cheema [sound recording]
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- Dates of Creation13 October 2003
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description00:19:53
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Administrative / Biographical History
Inder Cheema was born in Srinagar. In 1947, very shortly before tribesmen attacked Baramulla, Kashmir, he was evacuated to Srinagar (along with his aunt Pam and her two young children). His mother, Leela Thompson, was then already in Srinagar. His father, a Sikh, had died a few years earlier.
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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.
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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
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Custodial History
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Inder Cheema's home, Southport Island, Maine, USA
Bibliography
Research for broadcast of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'An Incident in Kashmir' (2003); and Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)