It is not always that the Maestro, Prof K C Janardhan meets a calligrapher, whose work takes his breath away. Dr Nan Ananthraman’s work did and soon it transpired that they had more in common between them than meets the eye. They are both passionate about calligraphy and have taken it upon themselves the onerous…
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The 3rd India Pen Show (TIPS III) in Mumbai was exciting for various reasons. Dr. Bibek Debroy, author, academic, penophile, who unveiled the show was so erudite in his talk, and he spoke so passionately about pens that the others on the dais – Kabir Bedi and Dipti Naval included – were seen to be…
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The pandemic and the lockdown that followed was perhaps the worst period of time that many of us have encountered in our lives. Yet, we fountain pen, ink, and stationery lovers on the balance, are not complaining. Let me tell you why. For one, forced indoors, many people picked up the fountain pen. Some merely…
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Surendra Karamchandani of Venus Traders in Pune, represents that rare breed of businessmen who, by the dint of their passion for the trade, become so large that their names become generic – synonymous with their calling. This happens when such men set their sights beyond the ambit of their narrow gains, focussing on development of…
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J’s La Quill Museum is the brainchild of Handwriting Maestro Prof K.C. Janardhan. It is a first-of-its-kind museum on Handwriting, Lettering, Calligraphy, Fountain Pens, Inks & other writing instruments. The motivation behind the museum is somewhat directly related to the slow yet steady decline in popularity of the art of handwriting. What began as our…
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I must admit upfront that I am privileged, as way before the Pentales had taken its current shape, I had had the pleasure of going through the draft. I have also had the pleasure of seeing (and knowing) most of the pens – “old knaves” as Suvobrata Ganguly calls them – whose stories feature in…
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Inked Happiness turns four today. Like all birthdays, ours is a special one too, for it is on this day that we give away the Inked Happiness Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to the world of writing, writing instruments and the writers who wield them. The 1st Award had gone to Yusuf Mansoor – collector, restorer and…
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