Banned & Censored: What the British Raj Didn't Want Us To Read - Hardcover

Sethi, Devika

 
9789392130649: Banned & Censored: What the British Raj Didn't Want Us To Read
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9392130643 ISBN 13: 9789392130649
Publisher: Roli Books, 2023

Synopsis

  • The book dives into the history of sedition and censorship in colonial India
  • Closely examining 100 texts that the British Empire banned, censored or deemed seditious
  • The work brings to life these lost gems from India’s freedom, cultural, and social movements


The book dives into the history of sedition and censorship in colonial India. Closely examining 100 texts that the British Empire banned, censored or deemed seditious, the work brings to life these lost gems from India’s freedom, cultural, and social movements. It includes writing by figures famous and obscure, of events immortalised and forgotten, by Indians and non-Indians, by people jailed and free, by politicians and missionaries, by travellers and novelists, and in several Indians as well as European languages.

Each excerpt illuminates not just its author’s thought processes, but the times in which it was composed and circulated.

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About the Author

Devika Sethi teaches Modern Indian History at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Mandi. She is the author of War Over Words: Censorship in India, 1930-1960.

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Publisher
Roli Books
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9392130643
ISBN 13 
9789392130649
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
352