From Nehru to Modi: Understanding the History of Indian Television Through A Post Development Lens

Batabyal, Somnath

Abstract

Abstract: Digital India, the government’s flagship programme, at first glance is a radical departure from the past and a welcome step forward to digitise the country’s faltering infrastructure. However, as this chapter argues, seen through a post-development lens, the launch of Digital India can also be seen as a continuation of past governmental policies that hark back to the era of India’s first Prime Minister and the continuation of such programmes thereafter, policies which used the medium of mass media ostensibly as a tool for development but ultimately as a mechanism of control. From the beginnings of television history in India and tracing its growth, this chapter shows that the policies of the present government, has its echoes in the past and development is still the rhetoric used to control the country’s increasing population.

Citation

Batabyal, S. (2023). From Nehru to Modi: Understanding the History of Indian Television Through A Post Development Lens. Indian Journal of Mass Communication and Journalism, 2(3), 8-16. https://doi.org/10.54105/ijmcj.C1031.032323

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 24, 2023
• Publication Date: Mar 15, 2023
• Deposit Date: Mar 2, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 2, 2023
• Electronic ISSN: 2583-0651
• Publisher: Lattice Science Publication
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 8-16
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.54105/ijmcj.C1031.032323
• Keywords: Television, India, Digitisation, Post-Development
• Publisher URL: https://www.ijmcj.latticescipub.com/portfolio-item/c1031032323/