On 30/09/2007, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2)Literacy levels. India has a literacy rate of a
bit under 70%
Out of a population of 1.14 billion [1], that leaves us a mere 798
million people. Of whom (if we take a naïve view and assume literacy
as a prerequisite) some 65 million speak English as a second
language... [2]
small pool to do the writing
...and over forty million of those people have access to the internet. [3]
I don't think we're going to be short of willing writers any time soon.
Not our writers. Writers to write the local history books. Writers to
write the detailed history of every train used on the Indian lines
ever. Writers to write books on local football and cricket teams.
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geni