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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThis 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.
Recent episodes include "Episode 9: James Silk Buckingham's "Calcutta Journal" - The Paper of the Public (Part 2)" (14 June 2025, 49 minutes), "Episode 8: James Silk Buckingham's "Calcutta Journal" - The Paper of the Public (Part 1)" (7 June 2025, 52 minutes), and "Episode 7: The Era of Formal Press Censorship in India" (31 May 2025, 53 minutes).
Reality Scribes publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 10 episodes.
Booking probability for Reality Scribes is 18%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Reality Scribes requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Reality Scribes's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Reality Scribes are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. Reality Scribes has a society audience.
Reality Scribes is a society podcast with 10 episodes published.
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<p>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...
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<p>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...
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<p>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. </p><p>This episode features special guests Dr. Ritika...
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<p>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...
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<p>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...
<p>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...
<p>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...
<p>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...
<p><br /></p><p>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...
Reality Scribes
<p>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...
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