'War News In India: The Punjabi Press During World War I raises the veil from over one of the most heavily recruited, ravaged yet hitherto silent of the colonial home fronts: the province of Punjab, which contributed more than half of the combatants from undivided India during World War I. Andrew Tait Jarboe's marvellous selection of the translated extracts of newspapers, framed by his thoughtful prefaces, reveals the intensity and diversity with which the war was discussed, debated and manipulated in the Punjabi press: from reports of various international events to Hindu, Muslim and Sikh aspirations and anxieties around recruitment and imperial 'duty', to deliberations on self-government, or a deep questioning of European civilisation. In the midst of the war's centennial commemoration, Jarboe has gifted us with a singularly rich and important archive which will be crucial to the writing of a more nuanced global history of the conflict as well as to anyone interested in the tangled lives of war, empire and the media.' - Santanu Das, Reader in English Literature, King's College, London
