Interview with Majid Ali Siddiqi, October 2, 2009
Project: Partition's First Generation Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Majid Ali Siddiq, a former engineering student at Aligarh Muslim University, begins the interview by talking of his engineering career, as well as the state of India's transport and infrastructural systems. Following this, an overview of Siddiqi's education and an elaboration upon his early career are provided. Life in the interviewee's hometown of Gorakhpur before the partition is recalled, along with an assessment of Hindu-Muslim relations and their standards of living today. Then, Siddiqi shares his initial impressions of Aligarh Muslim University. The role of Urdu in India (and Aligarh) is pondered, accompanied by a summary of the interviewee's interests and hobbies. Next, Siddiqi's childhood and education are revisited. A comparison of the engineering programs at Aligarh and Roorkee Institute of Technology is also given. Subsequently, a comparison of Aligarh to other Indian universities as a whole is postulated. Changes to Aligarh Muslim University in recent decades are examined, paired with the interviewee's university life in general. To conclude the interview, Siddiqi details his field hockey career at Aligarh.Interview Accession
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Siddiqi, Majid Ali Interview by Amber Abbas. 02 Nov. 2009. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Siddiqi, M.A. (2009, November 02). Interview by A. Abbas. Partition's First Generation Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Siddiqi, Majid Ali, interview by Amber Abbas. November 02, 2009, Partition's First Generation Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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