India’s Final Farewell To Typewriters

When the world was plugging in their computers, India of the 90s was still holding on to the trusted typewriter.

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00:00This is a country where power is very unreliable. For instance, even in some parts of Delhi,

00:24you can have power cuts in the summer which last ten hours. So if you're having to work

00:28as a journalist or anybody else who needs a word processor, then you'd probably be very

00:32grateful for a typewriter which would be reliable and didn't require power. You'd probably need

00:36a candle with it though too.

00:58All said and done, typewriter is the cheapest mode of communicating. And again, a typewriter

01:08once bought will last for 25 years. So a person using a typewriter is more at ease as far

01:14as regular expenses are concerned.