It had to be pencils, also used in classes on cursive writing. At some point, we were allowed to graduate to fountain-pens, ball-point pens being nowhere in the picture. Obviously, they must have had names, but these names weren’t brands in the sense we use the word “brand”. Trade policy, technology policy and licencing restrictions affected choice in the market. Many people will probably give up writing by hand and either type, or dictate to their favourite form of technology.

Source: Indian Express July 17, 2019 18:33 UTC