Write your way out, a-la Shakespeare or Camus, to create for eternity. For the dawn will certainly break. Shakespeare was apparently quarantined when he had written “King Lear”. I have no way of knowing for certain whether he was ever quarantined in the real sense of the term as we
Ebonite fountain pens made in the India of yore: master pieces of another kind, antique but neither anachronistic nor antediluvian This is not some missive about the fantastic eye candies that our brothers dangle before our eyes in the social media. This is also not a treatise on “Our Pens,
An Appeal to the fountain pen community to come together in this moment of grief and extend our support to humanity. The loss of near and dear ones is always heart wrenching. The voids they leave behind can never be filled. Sorrow that becomes numbing when it is compounded
S Mordan & Co – the story of a sterling dip pen in Calcutta. The Dip Pen, also called the nib pen, was the predecessor of our fountainpens. Dip pens, in their turn, had started becoming popular in the early 19th century when they had replaced the quills and in
Gujarati Calligraphers Community uses the art to bring solace to a pandemic devastated population. The virus, representing all that is dark is back, determined to unleash devastation of an unprecedented scale, that too with renewed vigour and mutated to boot. As mankind grapples with its fate, death and despair staring
Aurora celebrates Mother’s Day with a series of creations designed especially for women. Optima 365, Caleidoscopio Luce Rosa and Tu in the rose gold version will impress the most important woman in everyone’s life, with a gift that is original and precious, just like her. Class and elegance, Optima
Dr Sougata Halder writes a witty and informative travelogue – Panchmishali Africa launched. We all have childhood dreams we cherish. As we leave childhood behind, the rigours of adult life teach us how ephemeral most of these dreams are. I have observed a childhood dream come true at very close
Nino Marino – an Inked Happiness Exclusive Inked Happiness: From the pyre of Delta, Maiora has come out purer – like gold. How has the journey been so far? Nino Marino: Maiora was founded on January 28, 2018, after the closing of my beloved Delta, which took place on
Calligraphy in the time of Corona. I write. I write for a living. And I write the old-fashioned way – filling my fountain pen with ink and seeing my thoughts dry on the paper for posterity. I am fifty plus – that is to say, I did most of my
Vintage Indian ebonite fountain pens, anyone? “What is your greatest regret as a fountain pen collector?” asked the young lady who had come to take my interview. “Regret”? I heard myself mumbling far away, for her question had hit me straight in the solar plexus. “Fountain pen collecting, on
Montblanc. If there is one name that consistently spells class, that too, of a kind where quality craftsmanship is married to aesthetic beauty to create a legacy that has defied time, then so far as fountain pens go, it is certainly Montblanc. There are other fountain pens that I cherish,
Inks to celebrate independence, to revere the Mother Saint, to salute the language martyrs launched The “Samapran” range of inks – dedicated to thoughts, ideas, and causes was launched in a simple yet emotionally charged event at the Sulekha Factory on Saturday, March 20th. “Gorber 50” a deep green ink
