The press in India, a new history /
G.N.S. Raghavan.
- New Delhi : Gyan Pub. House, c1994.
- vii, 245 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-241) and index.
I. FROM HIGKY TO RAMMOHUN ROY Historical Context 2 Father of the Indian Press 8 First Daily Newspapers 10 Educative Journalism 11 Government and the Press 12 II. ROLE IN NATIONAL AWAKENING 1857 Uprising and the Press 17 Birth of the Congress 24 Reform First or Self-government? 28 Partition of Bengal: Revolutionary Journalism 31 Nevinson's Despatches from Dacca 37 Birth of the Muslim League 38 HI. PRESS AND POLITICS: DIVERSE VOICES M(xlerates v. 'Extremists' 43 Annie Besant: Against Law-breaking 45 Gandhiji as Educative Journalist 47 Deportation of Horniman 51 Aligarh School v. 'A1 Hilal' 52 Khilafat: Pan-Islam and Nationalism 55 A Nationalist Muslim Publicist 58 IV. EMERGENCE OF NEWS AGENCIES Advent of the Telegraph 62 Reuters as a Limb of Empire 64 K.C. Roy's Pioneering Venture 68 API Absorbed by Reuters 70 Free Press and UPI 74 Dual Role of API 79 Changing Pattern of Newspaper Contents V. ATTITUDES TO WAR CRISIS 'The Hindu' as Liberal Voice 92 Resignation of Congress Ministries 94 'Quit India': Closure of 'National Herald' 98 United Front Against Censorship 101 The Muslim League Press 104 Nationalist Muslim Editors 106 VI. TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENCE Effect of Riots and Partition 111 Decolonization of News Flow 113 PTI-Reuter: Experiment that Failed 119 Swaraj Government and the Press 124 VII. CONSTITUTION: LETTER AND SPIRIT The Liberal Nehru Years 126 Criticism of Kashmir, China Policies 129 The Indira Gandhi Years 133 Emergency: UNl's Scoop 136 Muzzled Press and Parliament 137 Press Legislation 1975-76 138 Press Commissions: India and the U.K. 142 Regulated v. Free Press 152 Defamation Bill 162 VIII. CARTOON AS COMMENTARY 165 Illustrated Journalism .165 A Galaxy of Talent 169 IX. NEWS AGENCIES AT CROSSROADS 173 Brave Spirits Though Few 173 'Samachar' and its Disbandment 175 PTI and UNI : Divided andW^ak 179 Electronic Media and the Press 183 News Flow from and to India 185 Debate on Globalisation 190 X. GROWTH: INDIAN LANGUAGES TO THE FORE 193 Limited Value of RNI Data 194 Hindi Press Outstrips English 197 Working Conditions of Journalists 200 The Press in a Dual Society 202 Local Press: (Government's Lip Sympathy 206 XI. TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY CHALLENGES 210 Government Pressures 211 Terrorism: Between two Fires 214 Reporting Social Conflicts 218 Economism: The Enemy Within 225 Redefining Development 229