[Reader-list] Re: [asiapeace] Partition Study/Visit to India

[Lehar ..]

Dear Dr Ahmed
I am ccing this message to the Sarai list( which has
on it filmakers and academics - & scholars from CSDS,
which has documented partition under the guidance of
Dr Ashish Nandy), to Tayyaba Jafri and Dr Savyasaachi,
Reader in Sociology at Jamia Millia Islamia who has
worked extensively in The Punjab and this area.
Thanks
Lehar.

wrote:
> Dear All,
>  
> This is only to inform you that I will be visiting
> India between 7 March
> and 1 April. Last year I visited Pakistan and
> collected oral histories
> from a cross section of people who remember the
> events of 1947. Now, I
> will do the same in India. I am writing a book on
> 1947 with Lahore and
> possibly Amritsar being studied in some depth. I
> might also try other
> districts but that will depend on the type of
> interviews  I obtain.
>  
> I REQUEST OUR INDIAN MEMBERS OF ASIAPEACE WHO HAVE
> RELATIVES IN DELHI OR
> EAST PUNJAB TO HELP ME WITH CONTACTS OF POSSIBLE
> INTERVIEWS. The
> interviewees should preferably be 70 and above.
>  
> I am trying to put together the events of 1947 as
> accurately as
> possible. Old newspaper files, government documents
> and interviews are
> the main sources for understanding 1947.
>  
> Best,
>  
> Ishtiaq Ahmed
> Moderator Asiapeace - An electronic discussion group
> Homepage: 
>  
>
<http://www.statsvet.su.se/stv_hemsida/statsvetenskap_04/hemsidor/ishtia
> q_ahmed.htm>
>
http://www.statsvet.su.se/stv_hemsida/statsvetenskap_04/hemsidor/ishtiaq
> _ahmed.htm
> www.asiapeace.org
>  <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asiapeace>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asiapeace
> Affiliate of Association for Communal Harmony in
> Asia (ACHA). 
>  
> Associate Professor
> Department of Political Science
> Stockholm University
> 106 91 Stockholm
> SWEDEN.
> Ishtiaq.Ahmed at statsvet.su.se
>  
>


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