Title
Village Life
Subject
The Partition of India
Description
A sound clip of Mr Bhatti talking about village life in India before Partition.
Creator
Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
Source
Interview with Mr Bhatti for the Legacy of Partition project in 2008.
Publisher
EMOHA
Date
1947
Rights
The copyright in this recording belongs to the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland. This sound clip should only used with permission.
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Oral history
Original Format
.wav
Duration
32 secs
Bit Rate/Frequency
96 kbit/s
Transcription
I belong to a Sikh community. It was a Sikh village. Settlement was Sikh villages, Muslim villages. But there used to be mixed other families from other religions. There were six Muslim families who were basically artisan, and three Brahmin families. In the communities, everything seemed to be quite peaceful. And other Muslim villages from us, about four or five miles, all Muslims. And the relationship was very good, no problem, respecting each other's way of life. Law and order was very good.
Interviewer
Margaret Bonney
Interviewee
Culdipp Singh Bhatti
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