Ratnam Supreme – the pen that gave the world its lessons in non-violence! The Ratnam Supreme is a kind of a grail pen. It’s a big, no-nonsense main battle tank, strong enough to ram through the enemy fortifications. Naturally, in any army of pens, it can easily roll in and
The Pips Café, the only exclusive fountain pen store in Bangkok and M, the man behind the Hurrah! It is not easy being a fountain pen fanatic in Thailand. The younger generation is mobile driven to a fault, and those who still write, physically that is, prefer the use-and-throw convenience
K C Janardhan: A self taught Calligraphy maestro, his first Impression makes the best Impression and his last Impression sure leaves you with a lasting Impression! As an eight year old K C Janardhan first learned his hard way out that being born with a challenge like epilepsy is just
Fountain pens – why you should carry one too? My fountain pens are conversation starters. I have never drawn out one from my pocket without having people look at it furtively, or even raising their eyebrows in wonder, or for that matter, nodding their heads in appreciation. Why, some even
Leena Shrestha-Menon, Pen Boutique: spreading joy, one fountain pen at a time. Leena Shrestha-Menon of Pen Boutique – the lady who is giving empathy a fab new meaning with her fountain pens in an exclusive tête-à-tête with www.inkedhappiness.com: Q1. Buy a pen in the US to help a disabled child
Letizia Iacopini – writer, collector, consultant of Pens past talks her passion about Italian pens! Letizia Iacopini started getting involved with pens and pen people in 1990. She was a young translator, very curious of the world with a passion for writing. She spoke English, German and French and could
Soumitra Sanyal, Kolkata’s only Pen Turner on his passion for the turning Soumitra Sanyal of Kolkata is a turner of fountain pens in India – one who does it for the sheer joy of creation, someone who not only has an enviable amount of knowledge about pen turning, but also
Fountain pen terms – learn them, throw them around to be taken seriously So, you are a fountain pen collector, huh? Or maybe, you haven’t made the mark as yet and are, like me, a “wannabe”, someone who dreams of growing up to become one. Or perhaps, you are just
The stakes are higher than ever as the television phenomenon that is Game of Thrones races towards its inevitably shocking conclusion. As we all know, that which is most precious can be taken away at a moment’s notice. As Westeros recoils from the most epic battle sequence in television history,
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
