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Battala – printing, publication, pornography … and penmanship.

chawm — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:50:54 +0000

Battala – printing, publication, pornography … and penmanship. The “Gora Sahibs” were concentrated in their White Town around Fort William – down Chowringhee, all the way to Park Street. The natives were huddled in the squalor, as the river flowed, both up and down, in what was variously, contemptuously called the Black Town. And in

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Prof. K C Janardhan files his nomination as an independent candidate from the Bangaluru (South) Constituency

chawm — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:45:14 +0000

The Maestro, Prof. K C Janardhan has filed his nomination as an independent candidate from the Bangaluru (South) Constituency. Prof Janardhan has been awarded the electoral symbol of a nib with seven rays. Welcoming the decision, he said “It is providential. I have been teaching about the seven elements of handwriting for ages and I

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Firingi Kali – Limited Edition inks that tell a fascinating tale launched by Sulekha.

chawm — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 02:16:06 +0000

Firingi Kali. The naming itself is hatke, different. The Bengali word Firingi, can be traced back etymologically to old French, through Persian, Urdu and Hindi, where it denotes a foreigner, especially a British or a white person. Kali, in typical Bengali means ink, though phonetically it can also be construed to denote the Goddess Kali

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Maestro and his High Watermarks await to be surpassed.

chawm — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 04:27:54 +0000

Maestro’s Indelible Ink Marks! Calling a Sitar virtuoso, a “maestro” we can understand. A cricketer, perhaps more so. But a professional calligrapher? Can someone, who has spent most of his adult life single-mindedly pursuing the art of writing with his hand and in the process has undoubtedly become one of the most celebrated exponents of

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Fountain Pen: after the deluge, what?

chawm — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:43:17 +0000

Wars and famines. The fountain pen has witnessed pestilence in the past, just the way it has seen – from the trenches, the two World Wars. An estimated 20,00,000 people died in Leningrad – a direct fallout of the nine-hundred-day blockade by the Nazis between 1941 and 1944. The Bengal famine in 1943 had claimed,

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Hitesh Dodeja: Vector-e-Awadh-e-Hind!

chawm — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 14:54:49 +0000

Hitesh Dodeja: of Parker Vectors and the art of gifting a-la Awadh! I have been collecting fountain pens for more than three decades now. And like all collectors I need just an excuse to rattle off even the most insignificant details about my pens – where they were acquired, the stories behind their origins, how

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