Beyond The Austere Ebonite Cylinder

[Jerome Tarshis]

As a faraway observer of FP life in Mother India, I can perhaps be excused for thinking the apogee of stationery lunacy in the subcontinent is to be crazed for very simple hard-rubber pens with, as a touch of baroque elegance, perhaps a German nib unit.

 

I am now better informed:

 

http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/delhi-book-fair-every-quest-for-stationery-will-come-to-a-halt-at-pragati-maidan/story-qNN0CopOb72EMtcsHDYGXP.html

 

This is a photo layout that will remind the impoverished Occident of India's very great capacity to put forward the fanciful, the extravagant, and the object that gives value for money at a single marketing venue.

[mhguda]

I'm curious so I tried to follow your link - got an error 404 (page not found) - what's up?

[Jerome Tarshis]

Well, I don't know what's up. I followed a link to the page, read the story, admired the pictures, and attempted to post to FPN. Let me go back to the Hindustan Times and try again.

[Jerome Tarshis]

Whatever is in my computer took me to the right page of the Hindustan Times. Let me try again here. It may be that between my computer and FPN posting there is some kind of gulf. Here goes:

 

http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/delhi-book-fair-every-quest-for-stationery-will-come-to-a-halt-at-pragati-maidan/story-qNN0CopOb72EMtcsHDYGXP.html

[catbert]

I also got 404 but then deleted the characters after .html in the url and it was fine.

[mhguda]

THanks - that worked! (in addition to enabling java script for the page...) What a colorful fair!