From ‘Imam ul-Hind’ to Azizul Hind: The ‘One Man Media House’ in Modern India

Dhital, Pragya

Abstract

This paper discusses the efforts of two Indian Muslim journalists, Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) and Aziz Burney (1952–), to use and overcome the constraints of direct and indirect censorship in order to address a community (qaum) conceived in their own image. It deals with these attempts through their responses to a series of national- and international-level crises, and to political groups that attempted to unite Hindus and Muslims. These include the nascent Khilafat movement, which was key to their coming together in the independence struggle and the Congress Party, and Congress’ ambiguous relationship with Muslims in the post-Independence period.

Citation

Dhital, P. (2019). From ‘Imam ul-Hind’ to Azizul Hind: The ‘One Man Media House’ in Modern India. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 42(3), 452-468. https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2019.1596778

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 8, 2018
• Online Publication Date: May 13, 2019
• Publication Date: May 13, 2019
• Deposit Date: May 16, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: May 16, 2019
• Journal: South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies
• Print ISSN: 0085-6401
• Electronic ISSN: 1479-0270
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 452-468
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2019.1596778
• Keywords: Abul Kalam Azad, Aziz Burney, censorship, Congress Party, India, Urdu print media