Well deserved recognition of Hickey. This piece has made me wonder about the history of the press in India in local languages and the influence those newspapers and magazines had and the role they played in the lives of Indians.
My apologies for taking ages to respond to your query. I felt that it deserved more research. I have attempted to answer your question here: https://rohini.substack.com/p/the-indian-language-press-its-beginnings. It is a far from adequate answer, but I hope it will give some idea of the initial struggles of Indian language newspapers in an India that was falling increasing under the yoke of British rule, as well as the impact of these newspapers on the social and political landscape of the times.
Well deserved recognition of Hickey. This piece has made me wonder about the history of the press in India in local languages and the influence those newspapers and magazines had and the role they played in the lives of Indians.
My apologies for taking ages to respond to your query. I felt that it deserved more research. I have attempted to answer your question here: https://rohini.substack.com/p/the-indian-language-press-its-beginnings. It is a far from adequate answer, but I hope it will give some idea of the initial struggles of Indian language newspapers in an India that was falling increasing under the yoke of British rule, as well as the impact of these newspapers on the social and political landscape of the times.
Very interesting