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| Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT

The seed for Kolkata-based Sulekha Ink was sown by Gandhiji. “He asked the owner Satish Das Gupta in the 1930s if he can make Indian inks,” says Aditya Bhansali of Chennai-based Endless, a company that manufactures and exports fountain pens. “It was Rabindranath Tagore who picked the name Sulekha. They were India’s largest ink makers till the 1970s, and made a revival in the 2000s,” he adds. Sulekha is among the many brands that will be participating in the Chennai Pen Show, that will bring together over 50 exhibitors, apart from global and domestic brands.

Handmade pens on display
| Photo Credit:
THULASI KAKKAT