Comments on: The Fountain pens where Punjabi Baroque meets Bania Gothic

By: K Singh

K Singh — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 16:30:04 +0000

Another great article from you. Love how you always state the reality about buying fountain pens here in India without sugar-coating it in any way. The sad thing is many manufacturers here have started to focus more on the looks of the pen rather than making a simple and great-writing pen out of the box.

By: sagar jaiswal

sagar jaiswal — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 06:43:31 +0000

Bang on target. Pens are not merely collectible item like any other collection. You can actually do stuff which many hobbies out there. This addiction is special and must be affordable.

By: Sreenath Vishnu -CEO Rytol Pens

Sreenath Vishnu -CEO Rytol Pens — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 06:12:11 +0000

Well written Dada…!!
We at Rytol, believe, writing instrument is not only an ornament, but a power packed tool to express our thoughts and ideas flawlessly. Using a fountain pen is the first step to get organise ourselves, nothing can replace a good writing instrument, not even a stylus. Nothing can express our thoughts and emotions like a pen, World is getting squeezed into ‘Emoji’.

By: Bhushan Jyoti

Bhushan Jyoti — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:23:20 +0000

Bravo Sir for putting such a shiny weapon in form of holi colours. Your points are exactly regular pen users and lovers can relate to. It is like having all the volumes of Rabindranath Tagore’s work but read none. And sadly manufacturers target this non readers (non writers here). Flaunting expensive not so good pens are now a daily visual on social media. How is the writing? why bother! we Indians always inclined on foreign made goods. And as you said it goes with fountain pens too…

By: Amitava Mukherjee

Amitava Mukherjee — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:39:35 +0000

Well documented the problems and reality that aile the industry in a funny way indeed.

By: Prof.K.C.Janardhan

Prof.K.C.Janardhan — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:27:08 +0000

Dear Chawm,
Kudos! Kudos! Kudos! what a timely erudite and lucid article that expose the chinks in the armour which have become like gaping holes! Beautiful rendering of facts and there could not be a better ending than “Bavarian Castles, French Chateaus, Italian Villas in European country estates-compress them into small family plots in GK, then claim as their own. Complete and Shameless!” I hope this pierces some thick skinned rhinoceros heads and may nature induce some creativity and innovation into those brains to bring about practical fountain pen designs facilitating good handwriting rather than hide behind the sentimental Indian Exotica to stir emotions and Erotica!

By: Yashwant Pitkar

Yashwant Pitkar — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 01:16:22 +0000

Fantastic…. So well scripted

By: Pitkar Yashwant

Pitkar Yashwant — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 01:14:56 +0000

Fantastic….. So well scripted

By: Gary Lehrer

Gary Lehrer — Sun, 31 Mar 2019 15:09:52 +0000

You certainly didn’t pull any punches! Fortunately, there are still manufacturers who produce relatively plain pens for everyday use. And, with the market changing to prefer inexpensive pens to the ostentatious, more everyday pens are yet to come.

Gary