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A fast disappearing art Handwriting

by Gyanvitaranam

Intricacies involved

   Handwriting is a complex task which requires various skills: feeling the pen/pencil and paper, moving the writing implement, and direct movement by thought. Children take several years to master the precise motor exercise ‘you need to hold the scripting tool firmly while moving it in such a way as to learning a different mark for each letter.’

A depressing reality

   Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and rewind your life to the day when you first held a HB Pencil in your hand; you will surely remember if you are old enough like the writer of these lines. For the rest of folks; the younger lot, out there imagine the feeling you had when you picked up your first digital pen.

  Those among you who are mature enough to recall the sensation of a pencil in between their fingers, stop the rewind button, and hit play, see yourself scratching the pencil across the fresh page of a....

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