Question

“Print did not only stimulate the publication of conflicting opinions among communities
but it also connected communities and people in different parts of India” support the statement with examples.​

Answer 1

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(i) Debate on religious, social and economic issues : From the early nineteenth century, there were serious debates on religious, social and economic issues. Different people had different opinions regarding the colonial society. Reformers offered a variety of new interpretations of the beliefs of different religions. There were many who criticised the existing practices and campaigned for reforms while others countered.

(ii) Impact on debates : These debates were carried out openly in public and in print. Printed tracts and newspapers not only spread the new ideas, but they also shaped the nature of the debates.

(iii) New ideas and clashes : A wider range of people could now participate in these public discussions and express their views. New ideas emerged through these clashes of opinions.

(iv) Pan-Indian identities : Newspapers conveyed news from one place to another, creating pan-Indian identities. Newspapers reported on colonial misrule and encouraged nationalist activities.

(v) Print and depressed classes : From the 19th century, issue of caste discrimination began to be written. Jyotiba Phule, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, E. V. Ramaswamy wrote extensively on the depressed classes and provided the depressed classes a common platform.

a.The advent of Print Media has not only transformed the society indeed it has revolutionized it.

b.It brought about necessary changes in the society as well as helped in reforming it.

c.As more and more books and journals were published it could reach to wider audiences and raised the consciousness of the people, creating awareness about social practices and popularizing the ideas of liberty, equality, justice and fairness.

d.19th century reform movement in India was largely the result of Print media which made people aware about social ills like caste , sati, child marriage, female infanticide, untouchability. It helped in forming public opinion who largely felt that such evils are detrimental to democracy and development of the society creating an enlightened and progressive public outlook.

e.The Proliferation of newspapers in vernacular languages encouraged scientific and rational thinking and opened a platform for debates and discussions.

f.Print media brought about a change in the social outlook and has compelled people to act and reform the society. More so it has made the disadvantaged groups to voice their opinions freely, be agents of change and act collectively.

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Answer 2

1. There have been warmed discussions around strict issues from the mid nineteenth century. Discussions were led both in print and in broad daylight.

2. Paper and printed tracts shared new thoughts and affected the pith of the conversation. Those open conversations may incorporate a more extensive crowd. New idea rose up out of a conflict of sentiments.

3. Extreme discussions over issues like widow immolation, worshipful admiration and so forth among social and strict reformers and hindu universality.

4. As the discussion advanced in Bengal, tracts and papers multiplied and various cases circled.

5. In 1821 Ramamohan Roy distributed Sambad Kaumudi and appointed samachar chandrika from the Hindus Orthodoxy. Paper transmitted news starting with one spot then onto the next.