ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
This podcast traces the origins of journalism in India. The hosts, Sumit Chaturvedi and Vasundhara Sirnate, take you through the history of Indian society's news and information ecosystems, India's news culture and how these have evolved over years, decades and centuries.
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
40 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United Kingdom
10 episodes
since April 11, 2025
episodic
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In this episode, Vasundhara and Sumit tell you the story of Cornishman James Silk Buckingham and how he went from being a sailor to becoming the editor of the most successful newspaper in colonial Bengal between 1818 and 1823.
This episode features special guests Dr. Ritika Prasad and Dr. Callie W…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
In this episode, Sumit and Vasundhara tell you the story of Cornishman James Silk Buckingham and how he went from being a sailor to becoming the editor of the most successful newspaper in colonial Bengal between 1818 and 1823.
This episode features special guests Dr. Ritika Prasad and Dr. Callie W…
In this episode, Sumit and Vasundhara tell you how the East India Company turned a system of informal censorship of newspapers into formal censorship in 1799.
This episode features special guests Dr. Ritika Prasad and Dr. Callie Wilkinson.
You can support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/Realit…
In this episode, Sumit and Vasundhara tell you the story of William Duane and his newspaper called The Indian World, which he started in 1792 in Calcutta. Before long he had run afoul of the East India Company yet again.
This episode features special guest Dr. Ritika Prasad.
You can support us on…
In this episode, Sumit and Vasundhara tell you the origin story of William Duane, the editor of the Bengal Journal in Calcutta. Duane was a follower of the philosophy of Thomas Paine and a Freemason, who printed an unsubstantiated rumour about the death of Governor General Cornwallis, which led to …
In this episode, Vasundhara and Sumit tell you about the first ever trials about press freedom in India in which editor and publisher James Augustus Hicky, faced charges of libel from Governor General Warren Hastings. The episode features special guest, Dr. Andrew Otis, Hicky's biographer.
Our Pa…
In this episode, Vasundhara and Sumit tell you the origin story of James Augustus Hicky, the Irishman who started Asia's first newspaper, Hicky's Bengal Gazette. The episode features special guest, Dr. Andrew Otis, Hicky's biographer.
Sources:
Andrew Otis: Hicky's Bengal Gazette: The Untold Story…
In this episode, Vasundhara and Sumit delve into the history of the Dutch adventurer William Bolts. Bolts was employed by the East India Company and became a successful and wealthy trader in India . His business practices were often unscrupulous.
However, what he did have was insider information o…
In this podcast, Sumit and Vasundhara begin their exploration of the history of Indian journalism, going back to the 1700s, joined by Mughal history scholar and expert, Aparajita Das. In the first episode, "Competitive Terrains of Information," they examine the information ecosystem that existed d…
Introducing Reality Scribes, a podcast that brings you the story of the origins of Indian journalism straight from the crucible of colonialism in India in the late 1700s. Hosted by Sumit Chaturvedi and Vasundhara Sirnate.
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"The Road to Mordor" by Ezra Lipp
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