‘Alarmist stories and defeatist views’: censorship and morale in India during the Second World War

• Autores: Devika Sethi
• Localización: War in history, ISSN-e 1477-0385, ISSN 0968-3445, Vol. 26, Nº. 2, 2019, págs. 250-264
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article identifies three loci of the British colonial state’s anxiety about communication of news and views in India during the Second World War: its own officials (and their families); the press (both English language and vernacular); and the Indian public. It explores war-time dilemmas of the state with regard to censorship of both news and rumour, and it discusses the central paradox of censorship in colonial India during war-time.