This refers to the report, "Arab newspapers may soon become 'extinct' in Saudi Gazette (May 23). It may not happen in the near future, because the number of people having access to the Internet is not going to grow at a rapid rate. “Even print editions of English publications have close down. For example, recently, Newsweek closed down its print edition, but again it has been revived after change in ownership.” In India, regional language newspapers are thriving, and even new ones are being established. Reading newspapers has become like food, and one feels odd if he does not read one newspaper daily. In Mumbai, newspapers are read in local trains. One can recover a part of the cost by selling old newspapers as scrap — raddi in popular parlance. When new newspapers are launched in India, the annual subscription cost is just below two hundred rupees, and you get monthly coupons, which need to be given to the vendor, while paying the monthly bill. There is no cause for despair on Arab newspapers front. Deendayal M. Lulla, Mumbai
