WSJ.com: Handwritten Urdu newspaper The Musalman on surviving 81 years
September 16th, 2008Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Journalism, Newspapers
The Musalman, which is handwritten by Islamic calligraphers, is surviving despite the onslaught of mass and multimedia publishing in India.
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September 15th, 2009 at 9:57 am
[...] The Musalman, India’s oldest Urdu-language newspaper which has been written by hand since it was founded in 1927, is planning to use computerised design in an attempt to save money. [...]