In the age of digital printing (数字印刷), almost all newspapers articles are typed with computers. But The Musalman, the oldest Urdu-language daily newspaper in India, is still being published as the world’s l【小题1】 hand-written newspaper.

The newspaper has four pages. The front page is for national and international news. The second and the third pages are for local news. The fourth page is for sports news. Some s【小题2】 is left blank at the bottom right corner of the front page, in case there is breaking news.

Every day, it takes three calligraphers (书法家) three hours to write a page before the paper is printed and sent to its 21,000 readers. These calligraphers must be very c【小题3】 not to make any writing mistakes, because even a small mistake can lead to a whole page being rewritten.

The newspaper makes so l【小题4】 money that costs are hardly covered. But for Syed Arifullah, who took over the newspaper from his father, it is his duty to keep the paper alive as a way to protect the Urdu language and especially its calligraphy. He says that calligraphy is the heart of The Musalman, and if someone removes the heart of the paper, there will be n【小题5】 left.

People working for the newspaper also feel very p【小题6】 to be part of it. They are really devoted to (致力于) their work and believe that their work helps preserve a dying art.

First published in 1927, the newspaper is l【小题7】 to exist for another 90 years. Let’s wait and see.