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6th Inked Happiness Lifetime Achievement Award – curtain raiser.

On July 14, 2024 By chawm

The 6th Inked Happiness Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented in a solemn ceremony on Saturday, the 27th of July at the Vivekananda Hall of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata. The Award will be handed over by Swami Suviranandaji Maharaj, General Secretary of the Ramakrishna Math &

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Nib manufacturing in pre-independent India: Bibek Debroy

On January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 By chawm

Nib Manufacturing in India – the past Knowing of my interest in fountain pens, several acquaintances have drawn my attention to a recent story done by BBC, on how India’s artisanal fountain pens are making a mark. It is a natural Indian proclivity to recognize something only when the West

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MARK TWAIN, GRAHAM GREENE AND JAWAHARLAL NEHRU ON FOUNTAIN PENS: Bibek Debroy

On October 2, 2020 By chawm

Quotes from two famous authors illustrate how perceptions about the fountain pen changed. The first is Mark Twain (1835-1910). This famous quote is “None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try.” This was part of Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar

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Soumitra Sanyal – Cheers to the Vintage Indian!

On April 14, 2020 By chawm

The exact aetiology that makes OCD (of which we all “collectors” suffer in varying degrees) flower is, shall we say, not fully understood, as yet. Some experts postulate that we bear the condition in our genes, though what triggers the “mutation” (if that is the right term), is not clear.