FOUNTAIN PEN REMEMBERED -79
The good old Fountain Pen after being in the limelight for all the modern day Scientific Invention of Intellectual or Spirutual Thoughts / Theories has had to take a back seat and make way for the Key Board on a Computer or a Mobile Phone .
I think this could be better illustrated by playing a game . Travel down your memory lane and try to recollect the last time you made use of a Fountain Pen to write anything of substance of more than 50 words . You would be surprised at the answers . It could be weeks or months for the not so old and for people touching the sixties and beyond like me . It could be years and in fact a few decades for the majority of the people . I for one do not recollect having made use of a pen except for filling up a form at the Railway Reservation Counter or at the odd Bank for filling the Challan for almost a few decades now .
Continuing with the time travel , during the School or College days the Fountain Pen was always a Prized Possession .
There were various brands and I still have a clear memory of most of them . For the not so fortunate ones it was the WRITER and for the majority of us it was the HERO OR PILOT pens . The affluent ofcourse had their PARKER AND SHEAFFER .
Over time , the Fountain Pen has been made to accept a change much like its other cousins like the Radio , Tape Recorder , Huge Television Sets , Steam Locomotives , The Camera and so on and so forth .
The modern day transformation of the Fountain Pen is The Ball Point Pen . This can be found in the hands of everyone but how much they use it to write with is is a big question mark .
The Ball Point Pen itself now seems to be on ventilator support in the ICU .
I think this could be better illustrated by playing a game . Travel down your memory lane and try to recollect the last time you made use of a Fountain Pen to write anything of substance of more than 50 words . You would be surprised at the answers . It could be weeks or months for the not so old and for people touching the sixties and beyond like me . It could be years and in fact a few decades for the majority of the people . I for one do not recollect having made use of a pen except for filling up a form at the Railway Reservation Counter or at the odd Bank for filling the Challan for almost a few decades now .
Continuing with the time travel , during the School or College days the Fountain Pen was always a Prized Possession .
There were various brands and I still have a clear memory of most of them . For the not so fortunate ones it was the WRITER and for the majority of us it was the HERO OR PILOT pens . The affluent ofcourse had their PARKER AND SHEAFFER .
Over time , the Fountain Pen has been made to accept a change much like its other cousins like the Radio , Tape Recorder , Huge Television Sets , Steam Locomotives , The Camera and so on and so forth .
The modern day transformation of the Fountain Pen is The Ball Point Pen . This can be found in the hands of everyone but how much they use it to write with is is a big question mark .
The Ball Point Pen itself now seems to be on ventilator support in the ICU .
The fingertips are now the defacto PEN with the tips doing all the typing on the KEYPAD on a computer , laptop , tablet or mobile phone .
So ,
Here is an Ode To An Old Friend
" THE FOUNTAIN PEN "
You have been the Means for everything that I am today . Thank you so very much .
Good recollection
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