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The dangers before the fountain pen and ink industry in India in the times of AI-led disruption

chawm — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 06:05:46 +0000

First, it was the deluge of use-and-throw ballpoint pens. Then came the digital devices that shook the very foundations of handwriting. And now with AI, the world of fountain pens, inks, and writing is facing a threat that is nothing short of existential. This, when the industry was just about cobbling a response to the

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Phantom – the ghost who writes, is here.

chawm — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 16:23:09 +0000

The Indian fountain pen and ink industry is seeing a kind of growth that would have been hard to believe even a few years back. Various brands are vying for a place in the mind-space of users as the market grows steadily, and competition from imported brands continues to heat things up. In this cesspool,

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Indian Fountainpen, Ink, and Accessory brands one should know about

chawm — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 09:41:06 +0000

The last couple of years has been exciting ones for the fountain pen, ink, paper, stationery, and accessories segment in India. On the one hand, fuelled by demand, several young and enterprising people have unveiled brands that are always out to outdo themselves, forever stretching their horizon; while on the other, old, and established players

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BENU defies the war, spreads vibes of creativity and peace

chawm — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:07:55 +0000

BENU pens have shifted operations to Armenia. Without getting into the details of what necessitated the shift, and without venturing to hazard guesses as to what kind of an effect such a move will have on the sheer genius of this creative prodigy, I can say only one thing: Love is not love that alters

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John Culmer – three decades of restoring masterpieces!

chawm — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:50:16 +0000

John Culmer has been repairing and restoring fountain pens for over thirty years, having acquired the skill from his father Charlie. John’s skill is such that his services are recommended by Parker and Waterman. Today, although the Peel Pen Shop (London) retail store location has now closed, John still repairs and sells antique pens from

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Inked Happiness turns Four, Honours Prof K C Janardhan with the 3rd Inked Happiness Lifetime Achievement Award

chawm — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 15:46:06 +0000

Inked Happiness turns four today. Like all birthdays, ours is a special one too, for it is on this day that we give away the Inked Happiness Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to the world of writing, writing instruments and the writers who wield them. The 1st Award had gone to Yusuf Mansoor –

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William Penn, Nikhil Ranjan – Tomorrow is another Pen!

chawm — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 03:49:50 +0000

William Penn is all set to usher in a new pen day, post pandemic. Scaling up to do what it does best – riding the crest. William Penn. The story is just a shade shorter than two-decades old. A story that is backed by some forty odd brands that make up the bucket list

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Tibaldi Perfecta – the classic, forever song!

chawm — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 13:16:45 +0000

A “Classic” is a forever song – an outstanding example of creativity, that defines its very genre. A Classic is also something that successive generations go back to, with an intention to interpret it with their sensibilities, freeze frame its timelessness as it were – to view eternity through the stilts of the present. For,

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BENU Scepter – Prince Regents are you ready?

chawm — Thu, 28 May 2020 07:51:52 +0000

A new socio-economic order is all set to rise from the ashes of the lockdown and the coming era will be marked by the leadership of a fresh crop of leaders – princesses and princes who will seize the dawn. The good news is that the Sceptres that will accord legitimacy to their ignited, knowledge-led

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Dilip Doshi and Lamy – match-winners from both ends!

chawm — Tue, 12 May 2020 15:54:06 +0000

Dilip Doshi. The very name conjures staccato black and white images of a packed Eden Gardens, men in flannels battling it out against the visitors, with the tricolour fluttering far away in time, as if, on the giant screen of a cinema hall from a lost era. Images of a lanky man, who got what

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BENU pens to enter Indian market shortly – From Russia with Love!

chawm — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:15:55 +0000

Alex Semanin and Kate Dmitrieva, are making beautiful music together – music on fountain pens! Their creations – some call it a riot of colours, some a ode to the written word, some another name of creative excellence – are already a rage among the connoisseurs and pen pundits alike . Created exclusively by hand,

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