*Imprint* has been identified as one of the magazines propped up by the CIA during Cold War times to stem the Soviet influence on Indian intellectuals...
See this piece in the* Outlook* too: https://www.outlookindia.com/books/an-imprint-of-a-different-sort-news-228785 https://thewire.in/history/cia-sponsored-indian-magazines-engaged-indias-best-writers *And the secrecy added a second bonus, that the cultural propaganda would be more “subtle”– indeed, undetectable to some – when compared with the clunky Soviet version. That is, until it was definitively exposed in 1967. As my new book, *Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers* (not yet available in India) argues, whatever goodwill earned from the subtlety of those cultural efforts quickly washed away when they were tainted by the CIA connection. Since the patronage had grown so vast, and the magazines and other outlets so numerous, many of the world’s intellectuals had been touched by the controversy, whether they spoke out or not. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who had contributed to one of the magazines targeting Latin America, wrote privately to his editor that he felt like a “cuckold” and would never contribute to the magazine again. The Indian intellectuals who had collaborated around one of the Congress’s magazines targeting the subcontinent, **Quest** (another was called Imprint) expressed similar indignation at the clumsiness of the scheme. Jayaprakash Narayan had worked with the Indian version of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, and wrote to his connected friends that “It was not enough to assess that the Congress had always functioned with independence . . . . The Agency was only doing what it must have considered useful for itself.” His colleague, K.K. Sinha, wrote to announce that he was quitting the organisation, adding, “Had I any idea . . . that there was a time bomb concealed in the Paris headquarters, I would not have touched the Congress.” The following short excerpt from Finks shows that the Americans and Europeans seeking to “help” India and other parts of the developing world to see the evils of Stalinism were indeed merely doing what they “considered useful” for the agency and themselves and worked often with little understanding of the cultural exchange expected by their international counterparts.* On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 at 15:07, Eugene Correia <eugene.corr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, you are right. First published from Hong Kong, and, much later, from > Bombay. If I am correct. Dom Moraes edited it. > The mag featured good writers and, for me, it was very satisfying. I don't > which mzg nowadays can be comparable to Imprint. > > Eugene Correia > > > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 9:36 p.m. Marianne de Nazareth < > mde.nazar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think it was called Imprint. >> >> Marianne >> >> On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 1:01 PM Eugene Correia <eugene.corr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Wasn't there one RV Pandit who edit a magazine, which was popular mag, >>> whose name I have forgotten? Dom Moraes wrote for that msg. >>> >>> Eugene >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2024, 9:47 p.m. Marianne de Nazareth < >>> mde.nazar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> RV Pandit (an East Indian Christian, born Thomas Ignatius Rodrigues in >>>> Vasai earlier Bassein lives in Bangalore >>>> >>>> Marianne >>>> >>>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 7:10 PM fredericknoronha < >>>> fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Guess we know so little about aspects of our own past... this is an >>>>> important aspect, Duarte. I've heard of RV Pandit's work in photography, >>>>> and the photo-made-into-a-stamp which he created of Gandhi (or >>>>> Gandhi/Nehru) was in the news some time back here. But so few links >>>>> available online about this aspect of his work. >>>>> >>>>> To complicate things, there is another RV Pandit (an East Indian >>>>> Christian, born Thomas Ignatius Rodrigues in Vasai earlier Bassein) >>>>> and has been a prominent publisher/film-maker in Bombay in more recent >>>>> decades. Do let us know how the study goes, and share any links when >>>>> possible. Many thanks! FN >>>>> >>>>> PS: Does anyone feel there is a need for a study on Goan photographers >>>>> in the Diaspora/Daizpora, in places ranging from Malaysia/Singapore to >>>>> Kanpur, East Africa and the paparazzi in the UK even today, apart from >>>>> other places we have perhaps forgotten? >>>>> >>>>> On Friday 5 April 2024 at 21:30:02 UTC+5:30 duarte...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear all, I am writing on R. V. Pandit, especially interested in the >>>>>> relation between his poems and his lesser-known activity as >>>>>> photographer. I >>>>>> am reading S. M. Tadkodkar's booklet on him, where I gathered this info: >>>>>> >>>>>> "He won prizes at all India level for his photographs. He had taken >>>>>> photographs of the Mahatma, for which he earned a gold medal in 1948. He >>>>>> printed a calendar featuring the Mahatma after selling gold-buttons >>>>>> gifted >>>>>> by his mother-in-law and some gold ornaments of his wife. This calendar >>>>>> also brought him name and fame. Government of free and sovereign India >>>>>> released his frames of the Mahatma on national postage stamps and >>>>>> currency >>>>>> notes. But Pandit neither said his Mahatma photographs nor made ttlem his >>>>>> asset for recognition as a Ga-:- Pandit in the movement for freedom of >>>>>> India" >>>>>> (...) >>>>>> His first photograph having a caption 'Sting Tail Fish' was published >>>>>> in the school magazine at Pune, which earned the first prize as well. His >>>>>> first photograph titled 'A Boy on a Hill' was published on the centre >>>>>> page >>>>>> of KODAK INDIAN MAGAZINE and continued such publication there on. He >>>>>> exhibited aesthetic sense through his photography and his photographs >>>>>> were >>>>>> published in the noted periodicals viz., THE TROPICAL PHOTOGRAPHY, THE >>>>>> LENS-LIGHT COLUMNS etc. But, he never dreamt that this liking would take >>>>>> him to greater heights! His name was included in 'Who's who in Indian >>>>>> photography? (p. 7-9)" >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone have any indication of where I could find these photos? >>>>>> Any online archives containing these digitized magazines? Any help would >>>>>> be >>>>>> much appreciated >>>>>> >>>>>> All the best, >>>>>> Duarte >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> *Duarte Drumond Braga* >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Investigador | Researcher >>>>>> >>>>>> Centro de Estudos Comparatistas | Centre for Comparative Studies >>>>>> >>>>>> Faculdade de Letras | School of Arts and Humanities >>>>>> >>>>>> Universidade de Lisboa | University of Lisbon >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1b174969-326e-46c1-ba3d-57882d78a76bn%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1b174969-326e-46c1-ba3d-57882d78a76bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Dr Marianne de Nazareth >>>> Former Asst. 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