Bhatia’s great-grandfather had been enough of a bugbear to the colonial authorities that he was even sent to jail. “Oral History as a practice is gaining greater importance in India, every day,” says Bhatia, who works as the project head at CAI. CAI’s ongoing project, ‘The Generation 1947 Project’, is reaching out to those who witnessed the birth of Independent India and is recording their memories about what life before 1947 was like. As of now, the project has spoken to 85 people and the archive. It will be available through the CAI website, with video interviews also being available on its Facebook and Instagram accounts.

Source: Indian Express May 07, 2018 18:37 UTC