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.

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Sources:

Andrew Otis: Hicky's Bengal Gazette: The Untold Story of India's first Newspaper. Westland Books, 2018.

Benedict Anderson: Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, Verso: 1983.

University of Heidelberg, Digital Archive.

Music

The following tracks were used in this episode and were taken from the YouTube Audio Library. They do not require attribution under the YouTube Audio Library License. However, we will credit the artists for their work.

"East West" by John Patitucci

"Stealth" by Aakash Gandhi

"Low Noon" by John Patitucci

"No. 2 Remember Her" by Esther Abrami

Podcast Artwork: Sumit Chaturvedi

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