The Gujral Committee Report - Language in India

Calligraphy
Calligraphy
There is obviously need for legislation to protect the author as well as the book lover and the general tax payer from unethical practices of piracy and misuse of copyright. (7.97) 200.
Difficulty in finding suitable katibs has been worrying writers and publishers alike. 201.
publishing in Urdu is still largely geared to the litho process, the very survival of the trade is threatened if a solution to the problem is not found soon. For the purposes of literature, Urdu academies in the States, the Lalit Kala Akademi at the Centre and As
other organisations should give serious thought to the preservation of kitabat and calligraphy as a valuable art form. This effort should be in addition to what has been recommended in the chapter on Journalism. (7.44 and 7.45) similar
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Publishers' Publishers' Problems
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irrespective of what may be done to save the art of calligraphy and kitabat, the future of Urdu seems to be linked with type. We would do well to start preparing for the inevitable. (7.46) 202.
The partition of the country was responsible for the loss of a very active publishing 203.
centre of Urdu in Lahore. It also resulted in the migration of some of the established
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The loss was only partially set off by the publishers who came over to India because they did not stay long in the business of publishing Urdu books. Only a few new publishers have entered into the business of printing Urdu books recently. During the last decade, printing costs have shot up. These factors inhibited the rapid expansion of the Urdu publishing trade. There is obviously need for new and well
The Gujral Committee Report on Urdu