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Development and Communication in India: British Growth and Mass Deprivation is a critical analysis of India’s socio-economic landscape during the British colonial era. The book investigates the complex relationship between infrastructure development, communication systems, and the persistent poverty that characterized Indian society.
G. N. S. Raghavan explores how the establishment of railways, postal systems, and other communication networks by the British served primarily to extract resources and consolidate colonial control. While these developments represented technological progress, they simultaneously facilitated the systematic exploitation of Indian resources and labor.
This scholarly work challenges conventional narratives of development by demonstrating that growth in infrastructure and communication did not translate into improved living standards for the majority of the Indian population. Instead, it deepened economic disparities and perpetuated mass deprivation among rural and urban poor communities.
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