Culture
The Typewriter Industry Is Still Hanging On in India
A small repair shop in Panjim has tinkered with the machines for over four decades.
On The Job is a series of conversations with the people who keep neighborhoods running.
Erasmo Coutinho, 68, is sitting by a window in his shop, reading a newspaper. The narrow room is full of old typewriters, cyclostyling machines, and a tidy wooden cupboard stocked with neatly arranged bits and bobs. A cheerful curtain with brown flowers sways in the breeze. There are no customers.