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ID172008
Title ProperGandhi's Newspaperman
Other Title InformationT. G. Narayanan and the quest for an independent India, 1938–46
LanguageENG
AuthorPaul, Subin
Summary / Abstract (Note)The expansion of the colonial public sphere in India during the 1930s and 1940s saw the nation's English-language press increasingly serve as a key site in the struggle for freedom despite British censorship. This article examines the journalistic career of T. G. Narayanan, the first Indian war correspondent and investigative reporter, to understand the role of English-language newspapers in India's quest for independence. Narayanan reported on two major events leading to independence: the Bengal famine of 1943 and the Second World War. Drawing on Michael Walzer's concept of the ‘connected critic’, this research demonstrates that Narayanan's journalism fuelled the Indian nationalist movement by manoeuvring around British censors to publicize and expand Mahatma Gandhi's criticism of British rule, especially in light of the famine and war. His one departure from the pacifist leader, however, was his support of Indian soldiers serving in the Indian National Army and British Army.
`In' analytical NoteModern Asian Studies Vol. 54, No.2; Mar 2020: p.471-501
Journal SourceModern Asian Studies 2020-04 54, 2
Key WordsIndependent India ;  Gandhi's Newspaperman ;  T. G. Narayanan ;  1938–46