Diplomat – representing and protecting the interests of Nations, peoples and lovers of pens Q1. What makes the Diplomat – one of the premier writing instrument makers in the world – look at India, that too just a couple of years from its hundredth anniversary? Diplomat has a long history
Onoto, Oxford and Cambridge, the quintessentially British search for excellence! Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest universities in the United Kingdom, according to popular lore, are bitterly pitted against each other – a rivalry, raconteurs add gleefully, that dates back centuries. Perhaps the fact that both were founded about 800
Kim pens turned by master turner AC Ramachandran in Calicut, where time stands still in reverence! Legend has it that Haneefa Saheeb – the man who put Calicut in the pen lore of the world by setting up Kim & Co in the 1950’s – had personally gone to Madras
Republic Day Special from Lotus Pens On January 26th, 1930, the Indian National Congress had proclaimed “Purna Swaraj” as opposed to the dominion status that was offered by the British regime. After India achieved independence and her constitution was adopted on November 26th, 1949 by the Constituent Assembly, 26th January
The India Pen Show – TIPS for the lovers of acronyms. Four letters that have been fused beautifully to represent the outline of a fountain pen in an ink bottle to form the logo of India’s first Fountain Pen Show. The presence of the fountain pen is self-explanatory, while the
Gary Lehrer has been collecting vintage pens since the 1980’s. He turned his hobby into a full-time profession in 1995 when he retired from The Upjohn Company (now Pfizer Inc.) as Group Manager, Operations, for a manufacturing division in Connecticut, USA. Gary, who is a worldwide recognised authority in vintage
K C Janardhan is a living legend. That said, it is so difficult to ascribe any one reason to labelling him thus, for he has achievements by the ink pots – so many, that whatever accolades are heaped upon him will fall short of honouring all that he has achieved.
The 1st India Pen Show slated to be held on the 2nd and 3rd of February 2019 promises to be a spectacle of hitherto unseen proportions. For one, the show will celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of poet and fountain pen aficionado Kaifi Azmi, among other things, with the launch
Achyut Palav needs no introduction to the cognoscenti – someone, to whom, “each letter in every script known to man holds an eternal power, an individual beauty in its vertical, horizontal, angular lines, in their continuity…” here, in an exclusive interview to inkedhappiness.com, he talks about calligraphy, his passion, the
The India Pen Show – you have seen the sword, now come, witness the might of the pen! In his early youth he left home and the ancestral riches to work for the people who were less fortunate. In his youth he attained the heights of fame with his lyrical
Buying Fountain Pens in the net – everything you always wanted to know but didn’t know the url! Finding the right web platform to buy fountain pens seems to be a recurring issue these days – especially for pen lovers who wish to venture beyond the confines of the territorial
The Opus 88 Interview – Michel Hsu talks exclusively to Inked Happiness. The rise and rise of Taiwanese pen maker Opus 88 has been gravity defying. The entity has swiftly moved into the lexicon of discerning fountain pen lovers around the world, established its brand in the discerning space and
