History of journalism in India & role of Journalism in society The first newspaper in India was circulated in 1780 under the editorship of James Augusts Hicky, named Bengal Gazette. The first Hindi language from Calcutta published by pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla. James Augusts Hicky is known as the father of Indian Journalism. The paper lasted just two years before being seized by the British administration in 1782 for its outspoken criticism of the Raj. Several other newspapers followed such as The Bengal Journal, Calcutta Chronicle, Madras Courier, and Bombay Herald. All of them, however, were curtailed by censorship measures imposed by the British East India Company. Throughout 1799, 1818 and 1823, the colonial administration enacted several Acts to regulate the press in the country. The legislative outlier during this pe...
The Nero's guests by P.Sainath Nero's guests is a documentary directed by Deepa Bhatia. Which revolves around the issue of the farmers suicide from 1997 and the governments reluctant response towards the suicide's taking place. Which was written by the journalist of the Hindu - P.Sainath. The film opens with the journalist P. Sainath the rural affairs editor, the Hindu addressing the people and asks them who were Nero’s Guests? After 5 and years of covering suicides he thinks he has got the answer. India is a land where 60% of the population is dependent on agriculture alone. Nearly 2,00,000 farmers have taken their life due to distress and debt. They take loan in order to expand and grow their productivity but in the end neither their productivity increases nor they get enough to pay the money lenders. This takes them into a situation where they feel they are worthless. Vidarbha is a place in Maharashtra where farmers suicide are increasing at a very rapid pace 2 or 3 pe...
Two stories in Inverted pyramid style First story This incident accured in America ,San Francisco. When an electrician wired the home of Mrs Mary Ume at American,San Francisco,some years ago they neglected to install sufficient insulation at a point in their laundry room where a number of wires crossed. A short circuit occurred early this morning. Contact between the wires with each other,which created a spark, which ignited the walls of the house. Mrs Ume ,her daughter Nicole ( aged ten ) and her son Randy Jonah ( aged five) were asleep in their bedroom,where they had no idea about the short circuit,they had no way to escape and all perished. The second story This incident accured at Europe,The Northern Ireland border. Prime Minister Theresa May has called off Tuesday’s crucial vote on her Brexit deal so she can go back to Brussels and ask for changes to it.As it stands the deal would be rejected by a significant margin if MPs voted on it, she admitted.But she s...
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