Fountain Pen loving Women-Exclusive Afternoon Tea Session at Sulekha Factory  It is not often when you hear that a group of young women with mutual interests in fountain pens and paraphernalia meet to discuss them! Yes, it happened here, in Kolkata, at the legendary Sulekha Ink Factory where these ladies met for an afternoon tea…
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  The most romantic week of the year has set its foot upon us. And so the onus of finding a suitable Valentine’s Day Gift for your special someone. Something red, something attractive, something useful, something that perfectly reflects the feelings of your heart. Here begins the huge struggle to find something combining all the…
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 Kanwrite, Kanpur Writers, Sandeep Awasthi, are all household names in the world of fountain pens in general and nibs in particular. As a matter of fact, it will not be an exaggeration to say that Sandeep Awasthi and Kanwrite’s contribution in bringing India into the reckoning, as a quality manufacturer will always be written in…
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  Click Aristocrats. I am obsessed with Click Aristocrats. I can never have enough of them and seldom am I without one with me. My birthdays and other special days are easy for my near and dear ones – all they have to do is buy me another Aristocrat and to be fair to them,…
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 Beena. The Pen that has been making us proud for a long time now. I held a Beena for the first time just 10 days ago. And I could not take my eyes or hands off it. My mentor, Chawm Sir, presented a Beena Antic to me as a New Year gift. Instantly, I realized…
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 I am Karishma Siddique Roy. My arty alter ego is Karie Potter. I specialize in portraits and have a page on Instagram called Potteraits. I took up sketching with fountain pens a year ago and have been using and experimenting with a wide variety of pens and inks. Some of my favourite pens include, Pilot Namiki…
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  PenLoversKolkata: When and why did you start Pen World Magazine? Nicky Pessaroff, Editor, Pen World:  Pen World was started in 1987 as a fine print magazine for the pen collecting community, which was experiencing one of its “golden ages” at the time. With the rise of high-end fountain pen brands and luxury limited editions,…
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  David Oscarson is synonymous with fine craftsmanship. As a matter of fact, such is his reputation that anytime the launch of a new pen is announced, it creates buzz among fountain pen lovers. Such is the delight for the brand’s projection of technique and artistry in writing instruments. This time, the frenzy is all…
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 Sulekha is a legacy. Sulekha is a legacy born out of a people’s need for self-reliance as a means of earning self-respect, at a time when they were fighting to break free from the shackles of a foreign yoke. Sulekha is an emotion, one that has very few parallels for fountain pen lovers in India…
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 Sutirtha De hails from Chinsurah near Calcutta, which was once a Dutch colony, which perhaps explains the characteristic features of his work – which is disciplined, conservative, and the attention to the smallest details crowning their glories. Just like the Dutch, he is thrifty in his creativity, hardworking, practical and well organized, almost to a…
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