The use of English shorthand and typewriters expanded towards the end of the 19th century in clerical work in the major cities of the subcontinent. The use of shorthand in Indian languages, however, ...

Drafting a handwritten letter is a foregone skill for most of us today. Letter writing, which once was one of the only means of communication, has become a distant past with the advent of technology.

She ran a grocery store that she built herself soon after her marriage at the age of 13, when she was only a fourth standard pass schoolgirl. Her quest for knowledge never died. She would read the ...

“Writing brings a balance between thinking and emotions,” said acclaimed Marathi novelist Kavita Mahajan, here on Friday. She was speaking at a symposium ‘Me and my writing’ held as part of ‘In memory ...