India: The Last Handwritten Newspaper in the World

[polly7]

India: The Last Handwritten Newspaper in the World
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Posted 26 March 2012 21:57 GMT

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/03/26/india-the-last-handwritten-newspaper-in-the-world/

"The earliest forms of newspaper were handwritten and now ‘The Musalman‘ probably is the last handwritten newspaper in the world. This Urdu language newspaper was established in 1927 by Chenab Syed Asmadullah Sahi and has been published daily in the Chennai city of India ever since.

It is presently run by Syed Asmadullah's grand son Syed Arifullah and six skilled calligraphers work on this four pages newspaper everyday. With a circulation of approximately 23,000 the paper covers news in Urdu language across a wide spectrum including politics, culture and sports.

With the recent technological advances, where paper newspapers are going extinct because people read them online, this personable touch is rare to find. The price of this paper is 75 Paise (approximately 2 US cents). .........."

[onehandle]

1. I love this. Thanks! nt

[polly7]

2. You're welcome.

What dedication. His father ran it for 40 years.

Preparation of its every page takes about three hours. After the news is received in English from its part time reporters, it is translated into Urdu and Katibs – writers, dedicated to the ancient art of Urdu calligraphy, pen – down the whole story on paper. After that negative copy of the entire hand –written paper is prepared and pressed on printing plates.