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Writing and Sending Letters
Shamlu Dudeja recalls when letters were written by scribes and some were sent by camel
"Letter writing was very therapeutic. It allowed you the liberty of looking into you."
Advanced mechanisation and, post and zip codes mean that postal services have expanded world-wide. Shamlu Dudeja from Calcutta recalls the 1950s when some of her father's letters had to travel by camel and she herself was courted by post.