The satire also quotes Charles Dickens waxing seditious, and declaring his trust in the people rather than their representatives. Humphrey House (1908-55) was not the typical target of British sedition law, which was designed to stifle opposition to a government of occupation. He was an Oxford man, the founding critic of the modern study of Dickens, and a popular teacher at Oxford and Cambridge. There are valuable life lessons in the text for contemporary India, where snooping is increasingly seen as a legitimate function of government. House had always wanted to see the second edition of his satire in print, and, finally, 80 years after, it’s out from Jadavpur University Press.

Source: Indian Express January 20, 2019 00:31 UTC