Feel of print

SIR, The author of the write-up, "Why every home must get a newspaper" (Dec. 19) deserves praise for his excellent and thought-provoking piece.

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His concern for the decline in print journalism is a serious issue to ponder over, viewed in the context that online editions have made inroads even in a largely conservative country like India. However, as a voracious reader of newspapers and magazines for over four decades, I strongly feel that printed newspapers in particular, though their circulation figures have dwindled over the years, cannot die, and rather will persist for generations despite the invasion of