Interview number: 142

Interviewer: Shanker, Uma

Interview date: 1970-06-01

Length 395 minutes

Condition notes: Microphone noises; very long pauses – up to 15 seconds; part 9 – jammed and joined at 57:58.

Waman Kabadi, journalist associated with the Bombay ‘Chronicle’ and ‘Independent’ and the ‘Indian Reader’s Digest’, remembers the social and political scene in India since the early 20th century, the freedom movement, and some of the personalities associated with it.

Coverage notes: Bombay Chronicle, Independent, Indian Readers Digest; Non-cooperation, Civil disobedience, Quit India; Horniman, Husain; notable freedom figures; publications; 1915-1965