Karishma, Kafka, Kalam-Kali and Kella She has fought the demons of depression, fountain pen in hand, and destroyed every one of them, her inky creativity, debilitating them all. This intense, often painfully numbing battle was waged, at a time when we were all locked indoors, helpless, as an unknown
Lapis Bard is the story that begs to be told. Told over and over, in fact. And hear me all ye, for this is a story of Indian triumph, one that is heralding the fact that we have arrived! This is the story of an Indian brand starting at
Fountain pen industry and the effect of the pandemic thereon – are things really as hunky-dory as they are being made out to be? I am often accosted with the question, “How has the pandemic affected the fountain pen industry in India?”. Honestly, there isn’t a ready answer that
In Flanders Fields, written by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, to be paid tribute to through a LE Onoto pen. World War I battlefields in Belgium and France are often called “Flanders Fields” in English. Red poppies, that grew wild on the graves of fallen soldiers, have since become
Waldmann fountain pens – the purest precious metals, the height of craftsmanship and a search for excellence that is eternal! Dear friends of the fountain pen fraternity, obsessed with precious resins and ebonites as you are, allow me to take you on a trip down sterling silver lane –
Kenro Industry’s key man – Bryan Hulser is a legend in the contemporary world of writing instruments. Not only is he the ultimate sales person capable of highlighting the USP of a brand to an extent that it reaches the must-have state of being, but is also capable of
Tamenuri reaches its apogee in fountain pens created by AP Limited Editions – stark in their simplicity, numinous as the ultimate truth. Literally, the Japanese term “Kintsugi” translates to mean “golden joinery”. It is also, often, uttered as “Kintsukuroi”, which means “golden repairs”. On a very basic level, the
Era and her little friends are out playing. As they play the games that we have all played in our childhood, Prof Harshada Bapat Shintre and Prof Yashwant Pitkar take them, and us readers, on a journey of enlightenment, gently introducing architectural terms that are so ubiquitous that their
Brick & Mortar store supporters advance five reasons in their support, still fountain pen lovers are increasingly buying online, why? Time, we went Click & Collect? I am a compulsive pen, ink and stationery buyer. I buy fountain pens when I am happy. I buy fountain pens when
Meet Anil Thaman, the 64-year-old-youngster who has stunned the disbelievers by clinching the second space in the World handwriting Contest of 2021 organised by the reigning diva of dancing letters Kate Gladstone. As he puts it himself: “to be apart from home and family and move to a different
Indian Fountain Pen design challenge – Prof Y Pitkar sounds the bugle. But are we ready to pick up the gauntlet? Here is a question. When was the last time you saw an Indian fountain pen manufacturer come to the market with a new fountain pen, designed and
Lamy 2000. Mention the name and I can go on yapping forever – Bauhaus, Makrolon, form-follows-function, German Engineering excellence, the height of writing pleasure … for, there is a strange bond that ties the Lamy 2000 to me. We were both born in 1966. And now Lamy has come
