Foreign newspapers seek to paper Indian market

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AP , NEW DELHI
Friday, Jun 11, 2004,Page 12

Shishir Dholakia no longer gets the International Herald Tribune at his doorstep a day late -- after hundreds of thousands of other readers worldwide already have seen it. The newspaper is now printed in India.

The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times of London could soon follow.

The world's biggest newspapers are coming to India -- the world's second-largest newspaper market -- to the delight of readers such as Dholakia, a Supreme Court attorney.

"I find international newspapers far more satisfying," said Dholakia. "I think the quality of writing ... is far more readable than Indian papers in English, partly because of the relatively convoluted language employed by our writers."

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