J’s La Quill a shrine to all things Calligraphy, the world’s first. Prof K C Janardhan has done it again. Yes, we are talking about the same man who wrote his own Passport by hand, has taught the art of handwriting to British and has honed his skills to such
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
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,
Onoto partners with the British Museum, creates iconic collection of limited-edition fountain pens. The Onoto Pen Company, in its long and illustrious career (and may its life increase) has made fountain pens (nay, writing instruments of rare distinction) – pens that Museums around the world have lovingly collected and compiled
Polly Phillips wins in Dubai Third time lucky for Polly Phillips, as she takes out the 2019 Montegrappa Writing Prize, and takes home an Extra Bespoke to power her future writing career. Polly Phillips was the winner of the 2019 Montegrappa Writing Prize, awarded within the programme of the Emirates Airline Festival
A Pen-chant for the fountain pen of eternal blessings? “But wouldn’t the Earth be better off if you switched to using a stylus” asked the PYT in all seriousness when I tried to impress upon her to switch to a fountain pen the other day in my class. “Don’t you
A young man sits in Washington Square Park with a sign around his neck. With only a clipboard, a writing pad and a pen for company, his passion for words is an opening to incredible human connections. Sometimes all it takes to get people to drop their guard is a
Click, scripting the future befitting its glorious past, secure in the present Four decades. A period that witnessed the worst downturn in the global fountain pen industry – when demand vanished, with the young increasingly adopting the ball points as their preferred instrument of writing, and then, slowly replacing
Bauhaus lines and minimalist appointments recall the pre-Montegrappa era and an unsung pioneer of penmaking Among the industrialists who joined to open Italy’s first fountain pen nib factory in 1912, Heinrich Helm’s influence has been by far the most enduring. A production technician by trade, the native Austrian’s duties in
Oscar Schindler (1908-1974). German industrialist. Opportunist businessman. War profiteer. Nazi party member. During the World War II he outwitted the Nazis to save more Jews (some put the number to above a thousand) from the gas chambers and certain death than anyone else. He did this by primarily employing them
