Comments on: The QWERTY Keyboard

By: Bharat Bhushan Ghai

Bharat Bhushan Ghai — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:59:12 +0000

Old is gold. I hope you still possess your type writer. You have very rightly high lighted with time things fade away become redundant & sold at ” MATI KE MOL”

Contents of your web site are good.

Thanks & regards.
B B Ghai

By: S Bhatti

S Bhatti — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 05:08:35 +0000

Sir
Can I just say what a relief to find somebody who genuinely understands
what they are talking about over the internet. You actually understand how to bring a
problem to light and make it important. More and
more people must read this and understand this side of your story.
It’s surprising you aren’t more popular because you certainly have the gift.
Please keep these pieces coming!

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 04:42:33 +0000

Anil,
Indeed. There has been a sea change in the method of typing. Printing has become a lot more easy. And yet there are things that have not changed. Composing a poem or writing a READABLE story continues to need talent and inspiration!
Surjit

By: Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 04:36:51 +0000

Dear Sir

What an interesting article in your unique style? Rich nostalgia flows to the fore thinking of the type writer and eraser / white fluid days. Thanks.

Best regards
Anil

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:29:09 +0000

Dear Col Shah,
Thanks for the kind words. I am glad you enjoy writing. If you have some good pictures of your army days, do share them with us.
‘Guftagu’ is meant for precisely this purpose!
Surjit

By: Col Mir Ahmed Shah

Col Mir Ahmed Shah — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:25:38 +0000

Dear General Surjit,

Sir, i read your article with pleasure. I, too, after retirement from the Army in 2006, spend a lot of time on my desktop, chugging away at my Qwerty keyboard. I wrote an article on my time in Kharakvasla and presently i am trying my put down my autobiography titled-”My Life in the Army” and thoroughly enjoying my companion ship with the keyboard and my scanner, interspersing my anecdotes with photos as they happened.

Wishing you and Mrs Surjit a very happy and enjoyable retired life. With regards and best wishes,

Colonel Mir Ahmed Shah.

By: Brig Narinder Dhand

Brig Narinder Dhand — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:58:43 +0000

Dear Gen Surjit,

I went through your website amolak.in and found it quite absorbing.

Your article on QWERTY Key bord is very interesting and gives an

interesting peep into a bit of history.

Thanks Sir, and if you do not mind I wish to post of link of your blog

on to our blog.

Narinder

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 05:13:01 +0000

Suman,

That is force of habit! I think an engineer must always question. Progress comes out of inquisitiveness.

Everything must be doubted…including doubt itself!

Surjit

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 05:10:47 +0000

Dear Brother,

I never had the intention of ‘dumping’ my beloved typewriter. For one thing, I typed my M Tech thesis when I was in (your) IIT Delhi. I claimed the cost of typing and the money I received paid for the machine. After that all the ‘middles’ I wrote were typed on this very machine, and I can still type on it.

In fact I hit the keys of the computer hard because of the type writer. I acquired it over forty two years ago. It had been with its original owner (though not used much) for four odd years. So it is almost fifty years old. It will soon be an antique…one of the first portable machine manufactured (or assembled) in India!

Thanks for your input.
Surjit

By: Suman Bardhan

Suman Bardhan — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 05:41:02 +0000

Dear Sir,
another very nice article!!!
Most of us never thought why the letters are not alphabetical while typing!!!
Thank you Sir for sharing this knowledge.

Regards,
—Suman—