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L is for 'Letter Writing'

Writing letters is that wonderful way of communicating with people that the xennials believed in. The generations following that might stick to Instant Messaging, Skyping or ‘House Party’ing, but there is a thing or two to be learned from the boomers and the 80’s and 90’s kids. Today, letter writing can be considered a hobby.

A xennial myself, I loved writing letters. I’ve written several on inland letters to my late maternal grandmother. I’ve also sent letters on aerogrammes to friends living abroad. Letter writing is probably a lost art today, but it is slowly finding favour with the youth, even if only for them to experience a different time. In fact, today an article about India Post coming to the rescue even in times of COVID-19 caught my attention, but I was unable to open the link, thanks to some Internet issue. And therein lies the charm of snail mail. It gets to its destination, even if after ages.

A few months back, I bought fancy letter paper from Amazon. I could find only one seller on Amazon who sold it and even that wasn’t to my expectation. Here's a picture of the letter paper I bought.



I sent my dear friend from college days a letter since she had told me back in 2017 that she loves letters and misses them. I ended up posting it only after almost a month since it’s quite a trip to the post office here. But eventually, she did get it, and we both felt warm and fuzzy inside.

In fact, I recommend writing letters to your friends to strengthen bonds. Expressing oneself is super important and especially in friendships and other close personal relationships since misunderstandings might arise otherwise.

If you’ve just become a new parent, I recommend creating an email account in your baby’s name and writing emails to your baby. Give your child the password to his/her account when he/she turns a certain age. I didn’t come up with this idea myself. I saw it somewhere, but I thought it was beautiful and worth sharing here. Or you could write notes to your baby and put them in a jar for him/her to read when he/she grows older.

Write that letter today! It’s therapeutic. And if you read this post, do take a couple of seconds to leave me a comment. I love receiving comments! 


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  1. Sonia ChatterjeeApril 17, 2020 at 3:15 AM

    I will spent 16 yrs of my life away from home for higher education and then jobs. Until 2004, I would write inland letters to my parents and they would send a reply too. Then the mobile revolution happened and we stopped writing. My mother passed away 9 yrs ago. Today her letters are one of my most cherished possessions.

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    1. Aishwariya LaxmiApril 20, 2020 at 7:48 AM

      Im so sorry to hear of your mom's passing. It is indeed wonderful that you can go back and read the letters you exchanged with her. Hugs!

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