Question

How print culture connected communities and people in different parts of India?

Answer 1

Hint: During the century missionaries of the Portuguese introduced the first printing press in India. In $1674$ they printed more than \[50\] books in Konkani and Kannada languages. In the beginning stage of our printing culture the first-ever newspaper, which came to this era was "Bengal Gazette'' and it was introduced by "Gangadhar Bhattacharya''.

Complete answer:
Printing culture gave its helping hand to many fields like religion, social issues, and politics. They criticized many existing religious beliefs. It helped to bring more religious content in the form of text which will reach the public. It also helped in carving the new political debate. Printing culture paved the way to connect the people in the nook and corner of India. It also helped to spread the news like wildfire across the country. In the beginning, they read the novels of European writers. But they couldn’t get the exact context of those books. Later many Indian writers came up with the idea of writing novels in an Indian context which will be easier to understand the characters, theme, and genre of those novels.
Then other new forms of writing also came into origin like lyrics, short stories, essays, and novels. In the earlier century, public libraries in the town were increased and rich people considered it a prestigious place.

Note: During the revolt of $1857$ the outlook of the freedom of the press changed. Many writers in India wrote about the feelings of women and women’s education at the earlier stage. Later in the century, they published cartoons and caricatures. They also brought very small and cheap books in the century to Madras town.