In any civilized society, newspaper has always been an important media for people to stay connected with the world. I am also fond of reading newspaper and magazines from time to time. It is a tool for intellectual to update their views about the society.
In Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, I noticed a street where Newspaper is pasted on the wall, and passerby reads the newspaper free of cost. It caught my eye when I was roaming in this street of Hyderabad which is known as Abids.
From a distance it looked like that bunch of people staring at the wall. I felt weird. I became curious and went near to them to take a closer look and discovered that people were reading a newspaper which is pasted on the wall. Its Hyderabad's own
WALL STREET JOURNAL.
This newspaper is published by an Urdu dailiy, Siasat. It is decades old tradition and Hyderabadis adhere to it even in 21st century where people can read newspaper by subscribing it, and getting in form of emails or on the websites.
Siasat management on a regular basis paste their newspaper on the wall at the entry point of its office in Abids. People reads it on their own convenience and free of cost. Around two hundred to three hundred people read this newspaper in this fashion. People like passersby, shop keepers and staff from the nearby offices and colleges drop in here during lunch hour and catch up with the news.
Siasat is pasting its paper on the wall from day one of the Indian Independence to be precise. The idea have been borrowed from a London Newspaper.
With technological advancement Siasat is getting 42.27 Lakh page views a month on the net but still many prefer to read the newspaper standing. Howzzzaatt!!
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