Comments on: Fountain Pen Groups – have they lost their purpose of bringing FP lovers together? (Part 2)

By: Calligraphy Maestro Prof.K.C.Janardhan

Calligraphy Maestro Prof.K.C.Janardhan — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:45:52 +0000

Dear Shrink,
My intention is to save the innocents and drive the point that please do not let this country down. I want to educate the cheaters and traitors to understand their actions whether done deliberately or otherwise is pulling all of us down as a nation, very unfortunate!
Some of us have toiled hard for over 40 years to make a good impression of an Indian in the rest of the world. We have had to overcome many barriers from our own families, society, state and our own country to prove ourselves. It was tough in the International circles to again prove ourselves as a Credible, Reliable and Trustworthy people of India, against all odds created by the bad experiences the foreigners have had with some of our fellow Indians in the past. It is agonising to find such behaviour even in the current times, which is nullifying our efforts of building a good image of our country!
I have rarely come across charlatans in other developed countries from U.S. to New Zealand, especially in these kind of Handwriting, Lettering, Calligraphy and Fountain Pen Lover Groups. I have personally met many of them and have maintained a good relationship with them, having been a Cultural Ambassador to U.K. and having lived with the British and American Families in their respective countries, I know them very well.
It is very sad that whatever good name we have earned for the country, is being tarnished by a few selfish and less than quarter-baked individuals, who in their ignorance caused by intellectual poverty, has led them to knee jerk reactions missing the main points. Later when pointed out by few foreigners on facebook, I feel sorry to see that they had to put their foot in their mouth again!
May nature empower such minds to remove all the pollution in their minds which corrupts their thoughts, leading to perverted actions and the system being prostituted, which marks the decline of the person, family, the society, state and finally the country compromised!
I don’t want the statement “Mehra Bharat Mahaan…Lekin Sow Mein Se Ninyaanabe… Baeimaan” to become a reality at least in these groups.

By: Kishore Ramaswamy

Kishore Ramaswamy — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 04:05:56 +0000

Thanks Janu for bringing out the true lovers of good handwriting and fountain pens. I thoroughly enjoyed the article where the fake groups were exposed.

By: the shrink

the shrink — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:08:52 +0000

you hit them where it hurts, didn’t you? the knee-jerk reactions would certainly seem to point to it – though one is a bit surprised by the viciousness of the comments, especially in the various facebook pages from where these characters operate. it seems most people either did not read your piece, or if they did, did not understand the true purport of what you were saying. yes, your language is nuanced (and God bless you for that) – perhaps a shade too nuanced for the ordinary to comprehend, yet. point is, i had to write this if only to stand up and be counted, for in the all-encompassing term called “pen lovers”, not all are peddlers of pen-porn, there are a few of us too and we want to register our concerns too. you have done a great job professor, keep it up!
PS a word of appreciation to the administrators of the blog – thank you for the music.

By: Bhushan Jyoti

Bhushan Jyoti — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 05:09:52 +0000

I hope people take this article in open mind.