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- Title: Breathing Disaffection: The Impact of Irish Nationalist Journalism on India's Native Press.
- Author : Southeast Review of Asian Studies
- Release Date : January 01, 2005
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 236 KB
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The closing decades of the nineteenth century witnessed the British Empire at its zenith, supremely confident in its permanence and infallibility. Yet, when cracks in the veneer of the Empire did begin to appear, they were caused not merely by upheavals of fortune in the Sudan, nor by rivalry with Russia and Germany. Rather, the Empire's greatest challenges came from internal turmoil, as the Second Boer War (1899-1902) erupted in South Africa, and Ireland and India grew increasingly strident in their demands for Home Rule. To critics in Ireland and India, the Boer War was but the latest manifestation of British arrogance and swagger, providing fuel for nationalist ambitions. Alarmed at the overt demonstration of imperialist ambition in the Transvaal, nationalist leaders in both countries actively promoted self-government, launching a campaign of protest, obstruction, and civil disobedience. Although the Indian National Congress and the Irish Parliamentary Party pursued constitutional means to achieve Home Rule, the elitist composition of the two bodies ensured that neither would enjoy broad appeal. (1) Thus, the emergence of a viable native press played a critical role in the forging of a national identity, providing a valuable forum for the masses, and framing the national debate with urgency and lucidity. While historians have begun to explore the impact of Irish nationalism on India's own journey toward independence, few studies have examined the link between Irish and Indian journalism. What is significant is not whether Indian journalists looked to Ireland's journalists for inspiration, but that the British Government perceived such a link, in terms of literary tone, editorial content, political agenda, and impact on the masses. Did that perception dictate the course of government policy toward India's journalists? Were the Government's preemptive policies on the sub-continent a reflexive reaction to a rebellious Irish press, rather than to an emboldened Indian press? Did there, in fact, come a time when the perceived link between the Indian and Irish press became a verifiable reality?