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The Musalman : preservation of a dream
- Title
- The Musalman : preservation of a dream / a film by Carrot Communications ; concept, research & direction, Ishani K. Dutta.
- Publication
- New Delhi : Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs : Distributed by Magic Lantern Movies LLP, 2011.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (approximately 11 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- The 'Musalman' is probably the last handwritten newspaper in the world. It has been published and read every day in South India's Chennai since 1927 in almost the same form. In the shadow of the Wallajah Mosque in Chennai, a team of six die hard workers still put out this hand-penned paper. Four of them are katibs -- writers dedicated to the ancient art of Urdu calligraphy. It's tough for the die-hard artists of Urdu calligraphy. But the story we tell here is not just of their desperation and despair. The fact is, at the office of 'The Musalman', the oldest Urdu daily in India, no one has ever quit. They work till they pass on. This is the story we tell.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Documentary films.
- Note
- Copyright notice on disc: MEA.
- Summary taken from container.
- Credits (note)
- Camera, Dheeraj Jindal ; script, Ishani K. Dutta, Anirban Bhattacharya ; narration, Duhita Jagtiani ; editing & graphics, Anil Jr.
- Language (note)
- English and Urdu with English subtitles.
- LCCN
- 2014357353
- OCLC
- ocn903567786
- 903567786
- SCSB-8779538
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries