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Kalams of Kolkata – Sudhin Pal and fountain pens that are cheaper than anything that the Chinese can throw at us!

chawm — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 14:26:23 +0000

India-made pens. They fascinate me, for they are my reigning passion, the one end that justifies all means. I have spent so many decades of my life in their search – seeking them out, collecting them, getting the old dilapidated ones restored, compiling their stories, learning about their legacies, and more than anything else, writing

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Sulekha Swaraj – the pen.

chawm — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 03:59:03 +0000

Did Sulekha ever make pens? No, we are not talking about molded pens, but ebonite pens of a certain vintage, that can transport us back to those glory days of the freedom struggle, of Swaraj? At the least, to a time when Sulekha was the premier ink maker in the Nation, boldly unfurling the tri-color

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Prof K C Janardhan joins forces with RIESI, to work for the training of the trainers.

chawm — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:42:11 +0000

Prof K C Janardhan, the Maestro, has been waging a relentless campaign to ensure the popularity of handwriting, lettering and calligraphy and through these art forms, encourage people, especially our young ones to take up the fountain pen and ink. “The fountain pen, with its negligible carbon footprint is the most sustainable among the writing

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Gama Pens – a pilgrimage to the shrine of Pratap Kumar, the reigning deity

chawm — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:55:00 +0000

Gama Pens need no introduction, nor does the 95 year young Gem & Co. Prof K C Janardhan talks to the man at the helm, Pratap Kumar in an exclusive for Inked Happiness. Pratap Kumar, master pen turner and the third generation at the helm of Gama Pens in conversation with the Maestro Prof K

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Sanjeev Narula – the last Samurai of Kolkata’s fountain pen Shogunate.

chawm — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:51:41 +0000

Sanjeev Narula, R P Traders and the elusive “Kalkatta” Fountain Pens! The local trains, that ferry daily passengers to and from their workplaces in Kolkata have always fascinated me, among many things for the vendors – who carry trinkets of every conceivable variety, ware, that they peddle with some of the most ingenious ways, grabbing

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