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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 f...