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Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/KlLktqpdhuk/how-to-publish-a-hin.html
How to publish a Hindu newspaper in Pakistan
Video journalists Bassam Tariq and Omar Mullick, who have guestblogged for Boing Boing in the past, have a wonderful little video up at TIME about a Hindu man in Pakistan who edits and publishes a newspaper for his community (they're about 5-6% of the population). The guy literally carries around a desktop PC on his shoulders to get the prepped content to the printer; he taught himself how to use the computer over the course of 8-10 years, and learned how to do desktop publishing with tools we'd consider antiquated in the wealthy US. He sells the paper for cheap, because the audience is poor; mostly boot-polishers and farmers. On some nights his family goes hungry because he uses all their resources to put out the paper. An inspiring story. A technical note: TIME's video player annoyingly crops out all the subtitles, play it full screen so you can read them (unless you're a Hindi speaker, in which case you won't need them). Video Link....
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/KlLktqpdhuk/how-to-publish-a-hin.html
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