Onoto Spitfire ready to rule the skies, again! Come September, the Onoto Spitfire Pen is going to be featured in the new ITV series, ‘Made In Britain’. At onoto, the excitement is naturally palpable: “We can’t wait to share this precious collaboration and historic memento with the world because we
Yusuf Mansoor gets the 1st Inked Happiness Lifetime Achievement Award The 1st Inked Happiness Lifetime Achievement Award was conferred on the veteran fountain pen collector, restorer and pen historian Yusuf Mansoor. The Award was handed over to him by Jayanta Bagchi of PM Bagchi and Kaushik Moitra of Sulekha Inks
Magna Carta Symbiocene, empowering the Anthropocene man to fight climate change. The World Environment Day came and went, as always, silently. There were sporadic posts in the social media wishing every one a “happy environment day” (whatever it means), there were some rustling of the leaves (or whatever is left
Lotus Flood 19, the pen that defies the deluge. How many people have taken up the pen to highlight the bigger issues of global warming and climate change that have manifested themselves through the Mumbai floods? Yes, social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are awash (no pun intended) with
Totem of time! The sense of having too little time is a symptom of modern life, which is why our newest limited edition goes further than usual to afford writers the magical, modern luxury of slowing time down. The novelist Ann Beattie once wrote “People forget years and remember moments.”
Lotus participates in the Singapore Pen Show, sells out in record time. Arun Singhi of Lotus Pens has every reason to be proud. The pen turner from Mumbai, often called the “most gifted among all those who make hand made fountain pens in India”, had a déjà vu moment in
Teacher’s Pen: Fruit of appreciation For those who give so much to our children’s futures, gestures of appreciation should be more than token. Inside a book-shaped case, a message of hope and a symbol of gratitude are ingrained into a writing instrument designed to perform lasting work. A gift that
Kaweco Student 70’s Soul – Bohemian Rhapsody Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, side burns, the Godfather, bell-bottom pants, the Frisbee, Sears Tower, the Emergency in India, Rocky, Deconstructivism, platform shoes and the Concert for Bangladesh have one thing in common – they are all “gifts” to us from
Lamy 25 P – the Pen equivalent of the Panzer. Lamy fountain pens are ubiquitous. No list of best entry level pens is complete without the customary inclusion of the Lamy Safari. The Lamy 2000 on the other hand, is often considered as the best with a gold nib. The
Guider Pen Works of Rajahmundri’s Hercules. The late Indira Gandhi used one. Gyani Zail Singh, Babu Rajendra Prasad, Jaya Prakash Narayan, NTR and a host of leaders, both national and international, were known patrons who used them regularly. Pranab Mukherjee and Chandrababu Naidu, too are known to have them in
Magna Carta Falmouth – a fountain pen celebrating the Charter and the seat of learning. The Challenge to make a fountain pen in India that is appreciated by connoisseurs around the world and is capable of earning the applause of the critics is a daunting one. Not only does it
Kaweco Sport Piston filler fountain pen – sweet dreams are made of these. H&M Gutberlet Gmbh. Not many fountain pen aficionados in India know the name. Even the name Michael Gutberlet is not a one that is well known in these parts of the world. And the pen lovers cannot
