Report on Indian Programmes (1943)
A Report on Indian Programmes was published in 1943, after Laurence Brander had been tasked to investigate the impact of BBC Radio programmes on Indians in India. The data was compiled by Ahmed Ali after conducting surveys of Indians across India. It claimed that George Orwell had poor approval ratings.[1][2][3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ Paczulla, Jutta (1 March 2007). ""Talking to India": George Orwell's Work at the BBC, 1941-1943". Canadian Journal of History. 42 (1): 53–70. doi:10.3138/cjh.42.1.53. ISSN 0008-4107.
- ^ Ali, Ahmed (1998). "Interview : Ahmed Ali (3 August 1975) Rochester Michigan". Journal of South Asian Literature. 33/34 (1/2): 117–194. ISSN 0091-5637. JSTOR 23234237.
- ^ Rodrigues, Abha Sharma (1994). "George Orwell, the BBC and India: a critical study". University of Edinburgh: 236.
This thesis focuses attention on the two years that George Orwell spent, between August 1941 and November 1943, at the Indian Section of the B.B.C., producing propaganda talks for listeners in India and elsewhere.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Orwell, George; Davison, Peter (1998). Davison, Peter (ed.). Two Wasted Years: 1943. Secker & Warburg. pp. 343–344. ISBN 0-436-40409-5.