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. 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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