Opposition to the entry of the foreign press in India, 1991-1995: the hidden agenda

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This article examines the Indian government's consideration to allow foreign press companies to operate in the country as a part of economic development and the protests they received, which forced the government to drop the proposal. The author argues that the elites of the Indian media industry ran a successful campaign to keep out the foreign press, disguising their financial agenda as a prevention of cultural imperialism.

Publishing industry, Political activity, Mass media industry, Economic policy, Economic development, Government and the press, Press policy

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Home science and the nationalization of domesticity in colonial India

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This article examines home science education in India under British colonial rule. The author, focusing on Madras, maintains home science education was implemented to encourage the moral and physical improvement of family and home and was infused with Gandhian self-help and feminist ideals intended to promote gender equality and national autonomy.

Social aspects, Social policy, Study and teaching, Home economics, Feminism, Equality, Education of women, Women's education, Nationalism

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Changes in wool production and usage in colonial India

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The way production marketing and uses of wool changed in colonial India in discussed. The shepherds themselves produced the earlier wool to a large extent since sheep-rearing and domestic labor was relatively cheap.

Marketing procedures, Production management, APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS, Sheep and goats, Wool, Sheep Farming, Economic aspects, Marketing, Clothing industry, Company marketing practices, Textile and clothing industry software

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