‘The exchange of the reed pen for the fountain pen is part of India’s economic transition and is reflected in the attitudes of these two great leaders Gandhi and Ambedkar.’ . In the early 1900s a Bengali doctor created the first Indian fountain pen in Varanasi. Despite this early start foreign-made pens dominate the Indian market with no notable Indian brand available to customers.. Inked in India traces this journey of make and unmake from a pre-Independence India with a strong manufacturing ba