This comprehensive history of the indian press covers a period of almost 200 years during which it fought many a battle on social and political fronts described in graphic detail is its role in the freedom struggle when it faced persecution, and in the post-independence period during which it served as a staunch upholder of democratic principles and a powerful agent of social change there is an exhaustive account of the present state of the newspaper industry, its current concerns and changing perspective completing the story is a portrayal of the magazine explosion of the eighties among the highlights of the book are profiles of english language newspapers which have celebrated their centenaries and of eminent editors who have left their mark on indian journalism intended as a textbook/supplementary material for students of journalism, the book can also be read with profit by the general reader