Professed

CulahMount Carmel College9th DecemberMany believe that letter writing and posting postcards is outdated and have no [...]

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Untold Tales

Interacting with children is not just pure fun but also a very enriching experience. We [...]

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Irreplaceable

11:25 amMR Block,Pallikoodam School, Kottayam.Surrounded by 70 curious early teenagers with a bazillion questions. A [...]

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Letter to my Supermom | Mother’s Day 2017

“Letter writing can be seen as a gift because someone has taken his/her time to [...]

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A letter from a legend

Vinod Khanna, an actor with a class of his own, finally departs after a long [...]

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Legally Yours

“So why law? What’s your story? Do you have an inspiration for becoming a lawyer? [...]

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Postcards for Early Risers!

Sunday, 24 July 2016, 7 amRaahgiri, Connaught Place, New Delhi Battees collaborated with the Indian [...]

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Thank your Postman, The Man Of Post!

Today happens to be something called ‘Thank your Mailman day’. We don’t really believe in [...]

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The Aura of the Letter Box

In spite of the big red (and mock!) letter box that we place right next [...]

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Stamp Tales

First, there were 5 boxes full of beautiful, philately stamps for folks to make a [...]

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The Story of an Address

“..But I don’t have the address.”“You have a phone, right?” Sometimes, we like to eavesdrop [...]

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From the ink pad to the touchpad

They speak highly of the Circle of Life. Once upon a time, man was ridiculed [...]

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When a letter gets a reply

I have personally experienced how invigorating it can be to receive a response to a [...]

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The (quaint) essential art of writing

“How many of you know how to write a letter?” We asked a classroom full [...]

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The Perfect Beat

Zameer Saab has been working with India Post for the last 23 years and provides [...]

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Write this way, dear!

One day, at Bhavan – Bangalore Press School 74 Picture postcards 16 Yellow Postcards 12 [...]

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Address Please 🙂

Well, one of the greatest apprehensions of people stopping by our stalls is how in [...]

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Ready Lick Stick Go!

At most events, stamps have perhaps been our most constant point of entertainment and amusement. [...]

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Smile no. 11 – The Father

And then we observed a father smiling indulgently and patiently, sitting and watching his little [...]

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Is there a right way of writing?

When the writing table was full, and the chairs not enough to go around, we [...]

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Smile no. 10 – We’ve got one for everyone!

And then there was this passing gentleman who hesitated on hearing our call – “Would you [...]

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The Customization Conspiracy!

“That’s me?” “Close enough.” Through our exhibits in several events and cities, we’ve had people [...]

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Lesson #47: Click before you Post

Click away, In case astray, Your postcard goes, For, well, who knows, Postmen might love, [...]

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The Pleasure Is Ours

There has been a lot of bad-mouthing about the Indian Postal Department recently, and we [...]

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The 30-minutes-30-rupees Connection

So we get all sorts of people walking into our little stall and even more [...]

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The writer of the weekend, at Comic Con Bangalore ’15

Abhinand: “How many postcards has any one person ever written from Battees?”Shivani: “I think in Delhi, someone [...]

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Smile no. 9

This Comic Con at Bangalore, Rohit walked into our stall. He was telling us about [...]

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Smile no. 8

Here’s Ryka, writing to Anvi. Well, what can I say about this one? It’s amazing [...]

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Smile no. 7

Here’s a very special writer at the postcard desk. He came with his wife and [...]

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Smile no. 6

Meet Aryan, the boy who came back and again to write cards to all his [...]

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Smile no. 5

Looks like kids are a part of over half our smile stories. But can we [...]

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Smile no. 4

An anonymous card to surprise a dear one. This could possibly be the cutest (and [...]

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Goodie-Goodie Days!

Would you like to write a postcard to someone? No. Nobody? There must be somebody! [...]

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As Battees shows off their Batteesi

Meet Shivani and Harnehmat, who, on this date, are really happy people because they have [...]

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Snippets from Convocation at NID

Yesterday was 11 hours with postcards and bringing smiles to a lot of strangers. I’ll [...]

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Smile no. 3

Anushree, the host of the Winter Affair at Natrani, brought her father to the postcard stall and explained the whole [...]

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Smile no. 2

Here’s Mister.. Well, I don’t quite remember his name, so let’s call him Mr. X. Mr. [...]

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Smile no. 1

Let me introduce to you Nirja. My estimate says she’s about seven years old, and [...]

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Out in the city with one motto: Spread the smile

We spent the past two days at Natrani in Ahmedabad with our postcards and our smiles, [...]

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Where did it begin?

Battees was born in a local ice cream parlour at Stadium chhehrasta in Ahmedabad over [...]

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Let’s make those procrastinators write!

Two and a half months back, one of us in Battees took up an initiative to [...]

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