Pratap: A Defiant Newspaper. Questo articolo non è disponibile.Pratap: A Defiant Newspaper

The Urdu newspaper Pratap - and its Hindi counterpart Vir Pratap - had a long and eventful history. Launched by Mahashay Krishan on 30 March 1919 and ably carried on by his son Virendra and later his grandson Chander, it went on to cover all the major events during India's struggle for Independence and after, until it was shut down in 2017.

This book chronicles the exciting lives of the newspapers, their founder and his sons, as well as several landmark events in Indian history, from the Independence movement to the Emergency and Operation Blue Star. Their bold stance and courageous reporting drew censure and criticism from both the administration and certain segments of the public: the paper was shut down for a year by the British within twelve days of its launch, the founders and editors-in-chief were arrested multiple times and a parcel bomb was delivered to its office in 1984.

An icon of Indian journalism, the story of Pratap deserves to be read by all.

A veteran journalist and columnist, Chander Mohan was the distinguished editor of the Hindi daily Vir Pratapfor forty years. Born in Lahore in pre-partition Punjab, he has been a leading voice in Hindi journalism in North India, writing searing and uncompromising editorials.

As a journalist with nearly three decades of experience across TV, print and digital media, Jyotsna Mohan has always sought to hold up a mirror to society.