The only handwritten daily newspaper in India and the world

Handwritten Urdu newspaper

'The Muslim' is the only handwritten Urdu daily newspaper not only in India but also in the world.
This daily started its journey in 1927. This newspaper has been equally popular for 96 years by arranging news after news in fluent Urdu language. Syed Arifullah, the current editor of the newspaper, said that this Urdu daily has
been running for three generations. It was initiated by his grandfather Syed Azmatullah. After his death in 2008, his father Syed Fazaullah took over the paper. After his father, the entire responsibility rests on his shoulders. However, despite the change of time, there has been no change in the tradition and style of the daily, he said.

The main attraction of 'The Muslim' is its exquisite calligraphy. In addition to arranging the news, three 'Katib' work to create various calligraphy in different colors and styles. Titles and photo captions are written with colors and various pens and pencils. But here not used byline in any news.

The daily newspaper started in a small two-room house on Triplicane High Road, Chennai. Arifullah
arranged all the news of the four-page paper. After that, Chief 'Katib' Rahman Hosseini started calligraphy work with paint and brush. Shabana and Khurshid Begum are in charge of writing news. Daily work starts from 10 am. Two translators transcribed the news into Urdu. The translation work went on for a couple of hours. Then three 'katibs' started calligraphy and writing. Once the original copy is done, the rest of the copies are made through print by 1 pm. By evening, the newspaper reached about 22,000 readers.

The first page of the four-page paper contains various news of the country and abroad. The second page covers only editorials. The next two pages have local news and advertisements. Editor Arifullah said that breaking news is not usually in this daily. Because it takes a lot of time, effort and manpower to rewrite the latest news. Basically, the emphasis is on various issues of society in this daily newspaper. Although Islam based news is the first choice, news is selected here for all kinds of readers. According to Chief Reporter Chinnaswamy Balasubramoniam, Monday's 'The Muslim' is a little different. On that day, various news about Quran and Islamic history prevailed.