# Lounge Loves: Dang, Wild Sugarcane

> Shalini Umachandran finds joy in fountain pens after years of ballpoint pens.
- Title: Lounge Loves: Dang, Wild Sugarcane · mint | Shortify
- Summary: Shalini Umachandran finds joy in fountain pens after years of ballpoint pens. Shalini Umachandran returns to writing with fountain pens after overcoming ink…
- Keywords: shalini umachandran, fountain pens, kendo, dang, wild sugarcane, sapporo, hokkaido, japan, mumbai, assam, durga puja, news
- Source: mint — https://livemint.com/mint-lounge/dang-netflix-wild-sugarcane-kendo-fountain-pens-11791786407135.html
- Author: Team Lounge
- Published: 2026-10-12T06:39:52+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: shalini umachandran, fountain pens, kendo, dang, wild sugarcane, sapporo, hokkaido, japan, mumbai, assam, durga puja, news
## Fountain Pens
Shalini Umachandran tried fountain pens after years of ballpoint pens.

> Fed up with my collection of ₹ 40 ballpoint pens in different colours
## Kendo Training
Shephali Bhatt learned Kendo attacks targeting head, wrists, torso and throat.

> My trainer taught me the attacks targeting the head (men), wrists (kote), torso (do), and throat (tsuki)
## Dang on Netflix
Somak Ghoshal recommends Dang, a Netflix show about Chinese American siblings.

> Dang tells the story of three Chinese American siblings trying to make a life in New York City
## Wild Sugarcane
Jahnabee Borah recalls wild sugarcane blooming in Assam before Durga Puja.

> Kohuwan bon mur oxanto mon, aalful hatere luwa xapoti (Wild sugarcane, my mind is restless, embrace it with tender hands)
## Key takeaway

Shalini Umachandran returns to writing with fountain pens after overcoming ink fears.