“It’s my nesha and not pesha [it’s an addiction and not just a profession],” says Dilip Basak, 56, about his livelihood, which happens to be repairing fountain pens. If the Mont Blanc or Waterman on ...

Doctors are known for their illegible handwriting, so it might be surprising to look inside Dromgoole's, a pen and stationery shop in the Rice Village. It's a hangout for doctors who dig fountain pens ...

The ink stains on his fingers and the vintage pens tucked into his pocket are what identify C A Shanavas as a ‘pen doctor,’ just like a stethoscope marks a physician. Though the once-popular, fancy ...