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The Chennai Pen Show 2026 – are you coming?

chawm — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:22:09 +0000

The Chennai Pen Show has quietly carved out a distinct niche for itself in the global calendar of events dedicated to pens, inks, accessories, and stationery items. I use the term “global” consciously, as Aditya Bhansali of Endless, the organisers of the show, says the Chennai Pen Show is the largest in the world, with

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Pelikan Hub Rajarhat 2025

chawm — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 06:53:13 +0000

254 Hub cities in 47 countries had hosted the Pelikan Hub in 2024. And this year, conventional logic says, it would have surpassed the number. Even on conservative estimates, it is huge, considering the facts that they are fountain pen, ink, and paper aficionado “meets” that are mostly organised by local hobbyists, and that Pelikan

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Inked Happiness confers 7th Lifetime Achievement Award upon Nikil Ranjan

chawm — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:30:06 +0000

The 7th Inked Happiness Lifetime Achievement Award was conferred upon Nikil Ranjan on August 1st, 2025, at the Eastern Metropolitan Club, Kolkata, in a solemn ceremony. The Award recognizes lives dedicated to the cause of fountain pens and inks, and has in the past been won by the Late Dr Bibek Debroy, Prof. K C Janardhan, Prof Y Pitkar, Dr

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7th Inked Happiness Lifetime Achievement Award

chawm — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:30:21 +0000

The 7th Inked Happiness Lifetime Achievement Award will be conferred upon Mr. Nikil Ranjan on August 1st, 2025, at the Metropolitan Bypass Club, Kolkata. The Award recognizes lives dedicated to the cause of fountain pens and inks, and has in the past been won by the Late Dr Bibek Debroy and Prof. K C Janardhan,

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Starmark Pen Fest 2025

chawm — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 11:40:29 +0000

Starmark, with its enviable presence in the major shopping malls in Kolkata (five in the last count: City Centre Salt Lake & New Town, Mani Square, Quest, and South City), is the go-to destination for book lovers. The store formats are extremely user-friendly, the collections are thought-provoking, and the staff are knowledgeable and helpful. One

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Chennai Pen Show 2025 – a standing ovation!

chawm — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:25:55 +0000

The final of the ICC Champions Trophy was on 9th March 2025. And India was playing. Naturally, organisers and participants alike were a bit skeptical, fearing that cricket will keep the crowds glued to their sets at home, affecting footfall at the Chennai Pen Show. Not unjustified, considering that cricket is the national pastime, more

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6th Inked Happiness Lifetime Achievement Award – curtain raiser.

chawm — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 15:46:22 +0000

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 & Ramakrishna Mission. The recipient of

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Starmark Pen Fest

chawm — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:05:52 +0000

Starmark is undoubtedly a “go-to” destination for bibliophiles, stationery lovers, and increasingly, fountain pen and ink aficionados in Kolkata. Naturally, when Starmark celebrates its 25th year, the city sits up to take note. As someone who has spent half my life browsing and buying from the different Starmark outlets, I too was excited. But what

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Seema, Manoj Ansari, Likhit and some pens laced with childhood memories

chawm — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:06:48 +0000

Those were simple, yet exciting times. Especially if you were a youngster going to school. No, we did not have even a fraction of the toys that young children possess these days, but we were content having the few possessions that we had. Fountain pens, among them. Mind you, in those pre-liberalization days, when India

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Chennai Pen Show – a roundup!

chawm — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:54:27 +0000

We are just back from the 1st Chennai Pen Show which was organised by Aditya Bhansali and his team of super-efficient achievers. Well, the platitudes are deliberate – for here was a show that like a pack of trump cards, excelled on all counts. For the habitual nitpickers among us, I did look very hard,

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Pelikan Hub Rajarhat

chawm — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 10:25:49 +0000

The Pelikan Hub is a wonderful initiative. Imagine, fountain pen, ink, and stationery lovers coming together in their respective cities around the world, simultaneously, to celebrate their passion for the pen. Imagine Pelikan sending gifts for all those who go through the process and register to attend the event, no questions asked, shedding no tears

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Pen Hospital – where yesterday meets tomorrow

chawm — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 16:50:06 +0000

At one point in time, I used to visit the Pen Hospital with almost religious regularity – spending my Saturday afternoons there in the company of Md Riaz and so often the other pen lovers who would walk in. I have acquired innumerable fountain pens from the establishment just like the pen, ink, and people

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