Ahmadiyyat Is Not a New Religion — Page 2
2 Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad COMPARING EUROPEAN AND SOUTH ASIAN READERSHIP Europeans are so accustomed to reading newspapers that they buy two or three titles. Even the poor labourer carries one or two newspapers. Conversely, the people of our country refuse to buy even one title unless every single article piques their interest. Those who buy it often remark that only one or two articles were good and the rest were useless. It is as though they expect the newspaper to align with their preferences from cover to cover. I have observed that people abroad will buy a newspaper, read one item of interest—such as an announcement of an upcoming horse race—and then discard it immediately. Similarly, individuals will buy a paper when boarding a train or tram, glance at the results of a horse race or a cricket match, and then set it aside. The same is the case for women. They buy the paper, read news about parties, weddings, and obituaries as fodder for conversation, and ignore the rest. Political enthusiasts, on the other hand, only read the political news and leave the rest. Finally, those with leisure time peruse the articles in full.