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5 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
This article stirred up some feelings from the past: Was fascinated by the artistry in these pens& was also enamored by my late grandparents' facility writing with these pens but really found it hard to write with them as a kid.Hence, I junked them despite
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the fascination at the first instance I could -- thankfully by then those pseudo inkpens with a small ball bearing had become affordable and made it easier for me to finish writing exams in time except those in nAgarI script which for all its beauty is impeder of speeding on the.
sheet. But soon pens became a thing of a different yuga once the computer became more available. The discovery of latex rekindled the fascination for making nice looking text despite the sore inability to make with my own hands unliek the rest of my family. The story finally ends
with an institute in the desh presenting me one of these artisanal pens. I never used it but placed on my table for display only to have it stolen by someone with whom I'd to share the house that point.

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