While many newspapers out of business, hit by online media, the newspaper The Musalman survive in its own way. Evening newspaper published in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, the hand-written.
Published four pages every day, the Urdu-language newspaper has a circulation of 21,000, all of the customer. It took three hours for three-Katib (reporter and calligrapher) to write the news on every page, before being processed to be a newspaper that is ready to be sent to the customer.
If there is breaking news, the entire page must be rewritten. However, now that they're providing a small column on the home page in case if there is new news.
Another happens when there is a write error. One page should be replaced and rewritten.
With hand-written, this newspaper while preserving the tradition of Indian folk calligraphy. For the Chief Editor of The Musalman Syed Arifullah, maintaining the tradition is a matter of life or death.
Published four pages every day, the Urdu-language newspaper has a circulation of 21,000, all of the customer. It took three hours for three-Katib (reporter and calligrapher) to write the news on every page, before being processed to be a newspaper that is ready to be sent to the customer.
If there is breaking news, the entire page must be rewritten. However, now that they're providing a small column on the home page in case if there is new news.
Another happens when there is a write error. One page should be replaced and rewritten.
With hand-written, this newspaper while preserving the tradition of Indian folk calligraphy. For the Chief Editor of The Musalman Syed Arifullah, maintaining the tradition is a matter of life or death.
This newspaper was founded by Janab Syed Sahib Azmathullah in 1927. The newspaper was inaugurated by Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, president of the Madras session of the Indian National Congress. Newspaper has been at Triplicane High Road in Chennai.
After the death of Janab Syed Azmathullah's, the newspaper edited by Janab Syed Fazullah Sahib, who died on April 26, 2008, at age 78. In 2007, Fazullah have expressed worry that the calligraphy may die with him, because his children are not interested in running tradition of calligraphy. Fazullah son, Syed Nasarulla, has stated that he has no interest in calligraphy, and "there will be changes", when he took over. On 30 April 2008, the new editor has not been decided, but the newspaper is published every day, still "handwriting".
The calligrapher, known as Katib, working in a small corner of an office of 800 square foot one-bedroom foot. They do not have many facilities, only two fans walls, three lamps and light tubes. In 2008, calligraphy team consisting of one male and two female, who worked nearly three hours on each page of the newspaper written by hand. Processed products are hand-written into a negative image and mass-produced by the printing press.
Rahman Husseini was the head of the current Katib (playwright) in the paper. He joined the newspaper as an accountant, and took over as Katib, when the head preceding Katib later died in 1980. Rahman Husseni get Rs. 2500 a month. Katib including Shabana and Khurshid. They are paid Rs. 60 a day per page.
Reporter primarily Chinnaswamy Balasubramaniam, who have joined this newspaper for 20 years. This newspaper has correspondents all over India, including New Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad. Office paper is often host famous poets, religious leaders and royalty, some of which contribute to the page.
Rahman Husseini was the head of the current Katib (playwright) in the paper. He joined the newspaper as an accountant, and took over as Katib, when the head preceding Katib later died in 1980. Rahman Husseni get Rs. 2500 a month. Katib including Shabana and Khurshid. They are paid Rs. 60 a day per page.
Reporter primarily Chinnaswamy Balasubramaniam, who have joined this newspaper for 20 years. This newspaper has correspondents all over India, including New Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad. Office paper is often host famous poets, religious leaders and royalty, some of which contribute to the page.
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