Indian Fountain pens Archives

Sulekha, CSJC celebrates football

On December 15, 2023December 30, 2023 By chawm

The Calcutta Sports Journalists Club (CSJC) celebrated its 69th Foundation Day on December 12th, 2023 at the Club Tent in the Maidan. Present on the occasion were the Secretaries of the three major football clubs – Debasish Dutta of Mohun Bagan, Debabrata Sarkar of East Bengal, and Raju Ahmed of

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Pratap Kumar – his pens and his tales of pens

On July 16, 2022July 25, 2022 By chawm

Indian Fountain pens are my dope. The never cease to give me a high. Especially if they are of a certain vintage, hand turned, eye-dropper fillers, made of ebonite and sport pure, “desi” nibs. The ones that give me mind-altering experiences are naturally the type that immediately transport me to

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Saikat Ghosh – Musician who does riyaz with Fountain Pens

On July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 By chawm

Saikat Ghosh, Swar Sadhaana and the art of taking Wality pens to the next level with custom fitted Kanwrite nibs! Strange is the world of fountain pens. Stranger still, is the world that is inhabited by fountain pen lovers. And I say this with all the fondness of one

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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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Fountain Pen Mart – of, by and for the Fountain Pen Lovers

On December 1, 2020 By chawm

Fountain Pen Mart is here to address the needs of the fraternity, conceived and run by one of us. Sourav Roy is a journalist working in North Bengal’s leading publication. Hailing from Coochbehar, he is now based in Siliguri and is a keen fountain pen lover and user. Bitten by

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Bibek Debroy on fountain pens

On August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 By chawm

Bibek Debroy is an economist and was educated in Ramakrishna Mission School, Narendrapur; Presidency College, Kolkata; Delhi School of Economics and Trinity College, Cambridge. Presently, he is Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) and President, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). He has worked in Presidency College, Kolkata (1979-83),

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Indian Fountain pens – Ebonitus Extinctus?

On May 8, 2019May 8, 2019 By chawm

Indian fountain pens the beginning of the end, or is it a new dawn breaking? Indian fountain pen lovers, look at this TWSBI pen that I just bought. It cost me “X” in INR. The pen writes like a dream, is sturdy in its built, looks good, is technologically fully