Maharashtra Education Commissioner Suraj Mandhare on Saturday said that in digital age, fountain pens can help in regaining good handwriting, which is becoming a rarity.
Mandhare made the remarks during a function held to celebrate the International Fountain Pen Day, the first Friday of November, at the Deccan Gymkhana Club on Friday evening. The function was hosted by city-based Venus Traders and Writing Wonders in presence of their owner Surendra Karamchandani.
Architect Yashwant Pitkar and Dr Manohar Desai of Symbiosis Institute of Design, Chintoo co-creator Charuhas Pandit, Bharatbhai Kanakhara and Hardik Kanakhara of Magna Carta Pens, were present on the occasion. “Fountain pen is not just a medium of writing but a passion. It’s an engaging phenomenon when your eyes, mind and hands get in sync and produce something beautiful,” Mandhare, an IAS officer, who is fond of Fountain Pens, said.