Home / Mumbai-guide / Things To Do / Article /
Animated piece of history
Updated On: 11 March, 2021 08:12 AM IST | Mumbai | Dalreen Ramos
An online lecture today will look into the fifth album of cartoons from the Anglo-Gujarati monthly Hindi Punch of 1904, offering insights into the politics of that year
Listen to this article :
Lord Curzon was prominently featured in the magazine in 1904. International issues like Russo-Japanese tensions were also covered. Pics/Archive.org
Historian Dr Mridula Ramanna’s research is focused on health and medicine in colonial Bombay. Through the course of her work, she found that Hindi Punch, a bilingual journal published in the city from 1878 to 1930, had lots to say about public health. While surfing the Internet, she stumbled on the fifth Album of Cartoons from the issues of the Anglo-Gujarati monthly for the year 1904. A window into the social, cultural and political fabric of that period, the serio-comic edited by Barjorjee Nowrosjee piqued her interest.
Read Next Story
Trending Stories
Latest Photos
Latest Videos
Latest Web Stories
ADVERTISEMENT
Mid-Day Fast
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT