Question 3: The effects of the spread of print culture for
poor people in nineteenth century India were:
→ The poor people benefited from the spread of
print culture in India on account of the availability
of low-price books and public libraries.
→ Enlightening essays were written against caste
discrimination and its inherent injustices. These
were read by people across the country.
→ On the encouragement and support of social
reformers, over-worked factory workers set up
libraries for self-education, and some of them even
published their own works, for example, Kashibaba
and his "Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal".
Answer:
Not everyone welcomed the printed books abd those, who did, also had fear about them. Many were of the opinion that printed words and the wider circulation of books, would have a negative impact on people minds. They feared that if there was no control over what was printed and read, then rebellious and irreligious thoughts might gain importance. There was also fear in the minds of scholars that the authority of valuable literature would be destroyed. The new print was criticised by religious authorities, monarch, as well as by writers and artists. Let us consider the implication of this in one sphere of life in the early modern Europe, i.e., religion. Martin luther was a german monk, priest professor and a church reformer. In 1517, he wrote ninety five these and openly criticised many of the practices and rituals of the roman catholic church. A printed copy of this was pasted on a church door in wittenberg. It challenged the church to debate his ideas. Luther’s writings were immediately copied in vast numbers and read widely. This led to a division within the church, and led to the beginning of the protestant reformation. Manx; conservative FUndus belived that a literate girl would be windowed and muslims believed that educated women could get corrupted by reading Urdu romances. There were many instances of women defying this prohibition.
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