Ganesha, Guilloché and David Oscarson – a holy trinity of high art! Ganesha is the remover of obstacles, the Lord of intellect and wisdom, the patron of the arts and the sciences. The God of beginnings, He is invoked at the start of all rites and ceremonies. Guilloché is the
Dr Sovan Roy’s Magnum Opus to hit the stands soon! Dr Sovan Roy is a scientist by profession. And, a distinguished one at that, if one were to consider the sheer number of papers published in the professional journals or his long and blemish-less record as a Government servant occupying
Fountain Pen Groups – what ails them? What medicine do you prescribe? The caveat up front. I am only trying to raise an issue that afflicts all of us. There is no intention of pointing fingers at any one Fountain Pen Group or person in particular, leave alone a desire
Lotus participates in the Singapore Pen Show, sells out in record time. Arun Singhi of Lotus Pens has every reason to be proud. The pen turner from Mumbai, often called the “most gifted among all those who make hand made fountain pens in India”, had a déjà vu moment in
William Penn – combining convenience with great experience Nikhil Ranjan, the young and dynamic Managing Director of William Penn is credited with creating, almost single handed, the e-commerce space for fountain pens and all related accessories in India, that too with multiple brick and mortar stores across different cities. A prime
1st India Pen Show in Mumbai – Why I will attend, and you should too. We are different. We are fountain pen-abled. No, neither is this the “new normal” nor are we big enough as a class to be wooed politically, our numbers not significant enough to make electoral differences,
BENU Parrot, the unboxing! It is nothing like anything that you have seen before. And, at first glance, you will not be at fault if you were, like me, led to think “how can a writing instrument be so radically different from our expectations and still be so beautiful”? Those
Fountain Pens are making a huge comeback. Not only because people are sick of keying in their thoughts, missing the experience of putting pen on paper; but also because of the leisurely, old-world charm of using pens – embracing the experience of writing with a pen as a silent scream
Dr Sreekumar of Krishna Pens talks about pens, inks, nibs! If turning a fountain pen is an art, then grinding of the nib is certainly a fine art, one that is the exclusive domain of the masters. And Dr Sreekumar is certainly a master who can easily walk into any
Meet Dave – the person behind the name Penultimate Dave. Dave has a collection of fountain pens and inks that he has acquired over many years, many of which people would call “grail pens” and reviews the fountain pens in his collection both by posting daily photos on his Instagram
“That’s elementary, my dear Watson” the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used a Parker Duofold, at least, to write many of his timeless creations. Dylan Thomas, the “roistering, drunken and doomed poet”, is said to have used the then popular Parker 51, which was celebrated for its
Officially, they are past their prime. Some geriatric, some senile, some plain outliving their utility. Some have been shunted out to old-age homes never to return, while others are barely tolerated in what they once considered as their homes, even as they too prepare to meet their maker. They have
