Lifelong Reading for a Billion People
Same language subtitling (SLS) on India’s major TV channels went from concept in 1996 to national broadcast policy in 2019. This is the story of how we did it. A feature story from the Summer 2020 issue.
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Leaders behind two social impact efforts in India discovered that before they could improve lives, they first had to shift mindsets.