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Articles by Hasit Shah

Hasit Shah, a 2014 Nieman-Berkman Fellow, is a former news producer and South Asia specialist for BBC News in London. He is currently based at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, where he is developing a mobile news platform for new Internet users in India.
India’s digital revolution is taking place on mobile devices, and the BBC says it will offer more mobile content than ever before.
Vice is only the latest American or British publisher to seek out an Indian partner — in its case the Times Group — for reasons that combine local knowledge and legal restrictions.
Big American and British news companies see India as part of their growth strategies. But local media startups are finding the advantages of knowing the territory.
“I can think of a billion reasons why it’s in the interests of news outlets to overcome barriers of language, literacy, and relatively low-end tech.”