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And then there was this passing gentleman who hesitated on hearing our call – “Would you like to write a postcard?”Playing along, he remarked, “Well, not really. Unless you have a really cool one.“Nehmat and Shivani looked at each other and they knew exactly which one to pull out. Enter Istri Anna. He looked at it for a moment […]

“That’s me?” “Close enough.” Through our exhibits in several events and cities, we’ve had people passing by our stall, getting intrigued by the quaintness of the idea, while we’re busy putting our best efforts into making them stop, with all kinds of antics and what not! Among these lie our visiting cards. With a simple […]

Click away, In case astray, Your postcard goes, For, well, who knows, Postmen might love, The stamp above, The lucky addressee (Or not so lucky!) But proof will say, That you had your way, Putting pen to card, Just like a bard (Or may be not!) But you did have a thought, Of a dear, […]

There has been a lot of bad-mouthing about the Indian Postal Department recently, and we have heard more than once about postcards with fancy stamps going mysteriously off the radar. To tackle the situation and also to share the blame, if not the profits, with Indian Post, we put up a nice big disclaimer on […]

So we get all sorts of people walking into our little stall and even more walking past it that we absolutely love to stop and try and talk into writing. We start with our standard opening line, and this is how the conversation usually goes: Battees: Would you like to write a postcard to someone?Peep: […]

Abhinand: “How many postcards has any one person ever written from Battees?”Shivani: “I think in Delhi, someone wrote ten… And here.. May be..”Abhinand (interrupts): “Let’s break that record!” When he finally managed a chair on the busy table, we saw him becoming a little too comfortable. One hour later… Neelesh (our Postman – you’ll hear more about him soon!) […]

This Comic Con at Bangalore, Rohit walked into our stall. He was telling us about his very talented illustrator wife (oh, how we’d love to have her work on Battees postcards!) (You guys should check her spectacular work out by the way: http://neharbattish.com/ ) (When the little boy accompanying Rohit learns of the magical qualities of […]

Here’s Ryka, writing to Anvi. Well, what can I say about this one? It’s amazing how these confessions of love just never get old. I wrote one to my parents a week before this, and it reached last afternoon. So, I can say from experience, if you’re one of those people who forget to or […]

Here’s a very special writer at the postcard desk. He came with his wife and another lady, if I remember correctly. They picked a few cards and the couple wrote a card each to their son and daughter. On being asked to lick the stamps, the gentleman told us, “I’m from the generation who used to […]

Meet Aryan, the boy who came back and again to write cards to all his dear ones. I wonder, though, if it was because he really wanted to write or because he was one of the lucky ones who we felt like being nice to and gave off a free card to (It did happen to be his […]