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David Oscarson: Ganesha in Guilloché!

chawm — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 04:09:12 +0000

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 technique of engraving in metal

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Harsh Makkar and the journey into the realm of Bangalore’s lost Fountain Pen sellers!

chawm — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:31:16 +0000

Harsh Makkar, Bangalore and a trip to a wonderland of fountain pens. Harsh Makkar was preparing for a career in UPSC when his love for the fountain pen bloomed. “I was fascinated with fountain pens and though in school, we were forced to write with one, we noticed only the scratchy nibs and ink stains

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Magna Carta Symbiocene – for the next epoch!

chawm — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:26:00 +0000

Magna Carta Symbiocene, empowering the Anthropocene man to fight climate change. The World Environment Day came and went, as always, silently. There were sporadic posts in the social media wishing every one a “happy environment day” (whatever it means), there were some rustling of the leaves (or whatever is left of them), some speeches given

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Lotus Flood 19 – we shall overcome

chawm — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:14:59 +0000

Lotus Flood 19, the pen that defies the deluge. How many people have taken up the pen to highlight the bigger issues of global warming and climate change that have manifested themselves through the Mumbai floods? Yes, social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are awash (no pun intended) with self-righteous indignation – but in

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Ratnam Son – for, the name is the fame!

chawm — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 15:45:27 +0000

K V Ratnam and Sons – the people behind the Swadeshi Pen! We have been inundated by messages since the story about Ratnam and Swadeshi pens was published. Most readers wanted to know about the House of Ratnam – primarily about their contribution to the world of fountain pens in general and to that of

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Ratnam Supreme – it doesn’t get any better than this.

chawm — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 06:48:04 +0000

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 demand a salute even as

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Prof Yashwant Pitkar and the Passion of the Pen

chawm — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 15:53:05 +0000

The Holy Trinity – Prof Yashwant Pitkar, Yusuf Mansoor and BESC makes the fountain pen the common cause What can a professional architect have in common with a marine geologist that would attract students by the droves to hear them speak, that too on a holiday? Prof Dilip Shah, the Dean of Student Affairs of

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Conklin Duraflex 120th Anniversary Limited Edition

chawm — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 04:20:37 +0000

Conklin Duraflex where the twain meets Mark Twain Conklin, to me, is synonymous with three things – a writing legacy that is now more than a hundred and twenty years old; the credit of creating the first self-filling fountain pen; and off-course, the legendary author Mark Twain, who endorsed the brand way back in 1903

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Fountain Pen Lovers of Mumbai – the doodlers of Doolaly’s

chawm — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 08:03:37 +0000

Fountain Pen lovers of Mumbai and Pune meet – where nibs are tuned, lives turned! Take an airline pilot, an artist, a couple of lawyers, a splattering of management consultants, a teacher and a few others whose professions are as diverse as India’s unity. Put them in one of Mumbai’s hippest rendezvous joints for the

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Where does handwriting end and calligraphy begin?

chawm — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 03:14:04 +0000

Calligraphy – written art Let us begin at the very beginning – handwriting is simply writing in hand, using an implement like the pen or the pencil. Each person’s handwriting is not only different from the others but is also unique and while some handwriting is a treat to the eye, some are equal in

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