The LunchBox And Those Letters!
Letter writing has certainly been one of the most creative streams in the field of literature. Answers to when this act of letter-writing became a part of literature, or, when intellect and creativity found a mouthpiece through this act of letter-writing are not part of the discussion here. In this piece, we try to find out the relevance of this craft in the context of the current society. It is widely believed -- through evidence and records -- that lengthy conversation in an indulgent and unpretentious way paved the way for writing and sending letters to near and dear ones. Some of those texts had so much matter in them, and had so much substance in them that, over a period, these handwritten, self-composed letters became part of several historical archives and sources of research and study. ...