'An Education in Realism: 'National' Censorship in India in the 1950s' a talk by Dr Devika Sethi at Seminar Room, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm to 4:30pm on 2nd May 2014
Time : 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Seminar Room, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
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Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Seminar on ‘An Education in Realism: 'National' Censorship in India in the 1950s' by Dr Devika Sethi Assistant Professor, Deptt of History, Lady Shri Ram College University of Delhi, Delhi.
In discussions of the censorship of publications in the Indian context, two periods stand out: first, the colonial, with ‘sedition’ looming large; second, that of the Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi from 1975 till 1977. In both periods censorship is seen as the natural accompaniment to authoritarian rule, as well as its most visible, even symptomatic, feature. This talk will focus on an era sandwiched between -- and eclipsed by -- these two. The decade after Independence and after the adoption of the Indian Constitution in 1950 was one in which the legal framework of the democratic nation state was not only laid down, but also tested. The first amendment to the Indian Constitution in 1951 included, among other things, changes in Article 19, which dealt with the freedom of expression and the limits that the state could impose on this freedom. For the generation in transition from colonial to self-rule, the issue of state imposed limits on the freedom of expression was a prickly one. I analyse political censorship of the press in India in the decade after Independence and ask questions that clarify the nature of transitional polities, and of censorship itself. I argue that although state censorship of publications continued to attract criticism, ‘national security’ as a justification was more palatable to the public than accusations of ‘sedition’. India in the 1950s was when the censored of the past turned censors, and my talk traces the contours of this situation from the viewpoints of both.
About the Speaker :Dr Devika Sethi was awarded a PhD by Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2013 for her thesis titled 'Proscribing Ideas: Censorship in India, c. 1930-60'. She teaches History at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University..
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Seminar Room, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Race Course(Yellow Line)'
Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Seminar on ‘An Education in Realism: 'National' Censorship in India in the 1950s' by Dr Devika Sethi Assistant Professor, Deptt of History, Lady Shri Ram College University of Delhi, Delhi.
In discussions of the censorship of publications in the Indian context, two periods stand out: first, the colonial, with ‘sedition’ looming large; second, that of the Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi from 1975 till 1977. In both periods censorship is seen as the natural accompaniment to authoritarian rule, as well as its most visible, even symptomatic, feature. This talk will focus on an era sandwiched between -- and eclipsed by -- these two. The decade after Independence and after the adoption of the Indian Constitution in 1950 was one in which the legal framework of the democratic nation state was not only laid down, but also tested. The first amendment to the Indian Constitution in 1951 included, among other things, changes in Article 19, which dealt with the freedom of expression and the limits that the state could impose on this freedom. For the generation in transition from colonial to self-rule, the issue of state imposed limits on the freedom of expression was a prickly one. I analyse political censorship of the press in India in the decade after Independence and ask questions that clarify the nature of transitional polities, and of censorship itself. I argue that although state censorship of publications continued to attract criticism, ‘national security’ as a justification was more palatable to the public than accusations of ‘sedition’. India in the 1950s was when the censored of the past turned censors, and my talk traces the contours of this situation from the viewpoints of both.
About the Speaker :Dr Devika Sethi was awarded a PhD by Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2013 for her thesis titled 'Proscribing Ideas: Censorship in India, c. 1930-60'. She teaches History at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University..
Related Links : Education | Talks | History
'An Education in Realism: 'National' Censorship in India in the 1950s' a talk by Dr Devika Sethi at Seminar Room, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm to 4:30pm on 2nd May 2014
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