New Delhi: Aimed at reviving the lost art of letter writing, Daakroom- A Letter Writing Carnival”, was organised by Battees, a Delhi based social start-up at Gandhi Darshan, Raj Ghat. Over 2000 Children and their families wrote more than 35,000 letters during the event.
The day was filled with workshops, competitions and performances. Some of the notable competitions of the day included “Dhai Akhar” the letter writing competition by India post which saw huge participation followed by a postal quiz. A panel discussion on the ‘art of putting pen to paper’ and experiencial letter-box clearance by a postman were major attractions.
There were many workshops which were directed at bringing out the carnival’s educational aspect to the fore. The workshops were namely basics of brush lettering (a style of writing similar to calligraphy), philately stamp collection, DIY recycled paper origami, stationery design with tradition art forms.
A.S. Mehta, President & Director of JK Paper Ltd said, “From your birth certificate to resume each and everything is on paper only. Paper is the most important part to put all emotions together. I strongly believe that we should start writing postcards again and get back into the habit of writing.”
Partha Biswas, Chief, Sales and Marketing, JK Paper said, “We have been associated with Battees for quite long as they are doing a wonderful job on ground on promoting forgotten habit of letter writing. In the advent on mobile phones, the children have become less expressive. We believe this programme will help inculcate writing habits among them.”
Debashish Ganguly, General Manager, Marketing and Communications, JK Paper added, “It is a very interesting moment for JK Paper also because of right from Chandigarh to Delhi, we are very happy to see such a huge turnaround for Daakroom- The Letter Writing Carnival. I would like to thank the students and parents, India Post and Battees for supporting this initiative to recreate paper.”
Shivani Mehta, Co-founder of Battees and the organisers of the event said, “We are glad that people are still enthusiastic about writing and we just want to make sure we keep up our efforts to take this initiative to the next level.”
