Steampunk is retro-futuristic and anachronistic tech-based aesthetics, drawing deeply on steam-powered elements of the 19th century – of the Victorian era, of the Wild West – which had begun as a subgenre of science fiction. Though the term Steampunk was coined by science fiction author K W Jeter as late
Jinhao 159. I am personally not fond of the pen. But it still warrants to be celebrated for what it is – an excellent writing instrument! The Jinhao 159 is like a childhood crush – everyone has one, but very few are willing to admit it in public, leave alone
Football, despite its universal appeal and immersive magic, has, by snobbish and opinionated casual commentators, never been seen as an academic pursuit. They somehow overlook the fact that intellectuals and creators like Pasolini, Gramsci, Camus and Galeano have thought about the game at length. There are thousands of books that
A “Classic” is a forever song – an outstanding example of creativity, that defines its very genre. A Classic is also something that successive generations go back to, with an intention to interpret it with their sensibilities, freeze frame its timelessness as it were – to view eternity through the
The search for an “all-terrain” fountain pen made in India, by Indians, for Indians, and priced reasonably enough to attract Indian buyers, has been a long and arduous one, with very little hope of resolution. The hand turned Ebonite or Resin pens with imported feed, nib, cartridge and / or converters are
Dilip Basak – meet the man with the Midas Touch Dilip Basak, the eldest of his four siblings was about eleven years old, when moved by his father’s struggle to run the family, he decided to drop out of school and help his father in his business as a pen
Pen Collectors of the world unite – you have nothing to lose but your apathy and a whole new ink to win! The world is full of married men? Nah, if the world is full of anything, it is a strange species called the failed pen collector. Failed, as in
For the uninitiated, the name Michael Hsu is not one that will ring a bell. But read on, for he is one who has, over the last three decades, almost single handed put a Nation on the global map of fine writing instruments. Yes, we are talking of Taiwan and,
