Back when we were in school, there existed an unspoken hierarchy, not based on grades or athleticism, but on the humble pencil! Apsara, with its sleek design and smooth lead, was used by the “cool kids” who could afford the luxury. Meanwhile, Nataraj, sturdy and dependable, was the trusted companion of the masses, the “regular” folk. Amidst the chaos, poor Faber-Castell tried to prove its worthiness from the sidelines. 😛
A conversation surrounding the hierarchy of pencils we used to use back in our school days erupted when a user compared Apsara to Apple and Nataraj to Android. If you think about it, Apsara versus Nataraj was the Apple versus Android debate in our school days!
Apsara was the apple and natraj was the android in school times pic.twitter.com/Ao6Y51Zjc5
— Ccoach Rajan (@sibalsahab) April 15, 2024
But there weren’t just these two in the race, was there? There was the beautiful Flora, the strong DOMS, and the fancy Swisswood as well. People joined in the conversation and compared those brands of pencils to phone brands and it went something like this:
I was using Micromax pic.twitter.com/EKrR0k8rrE
— unique diot (@unique_diot) April 16, 2024
DOMS was Samsung. pic.twitter.com/yD3M4fiUvc
— HakunaMatata (@dhanapal13) April 16, 2024
Never used the apsara pencil.
Apsara eraser was iPhone pro max .— Mahendra Naik (@mahendra0203) April 16, 2024
Faber castel pic.twitter.com/Av6L9gTAjr
— Ccoach Rajan (@sibalsahab) April 16, 2024
This was Redmi. pic.twitter.com/lne7i8BGUH
— P (@prcjsm) April 15, 2024
I was using a big ass shakalaka boom boom pencil which I bought from a fair.
— BOOM🇮🇳 (@BoomtheGrinder) April 16, 2024
Goat pic.twitter.com/6f3wnZh1A7
— Arshjit Singh (@Arshh1998) April 16, 2024
And then there were some adani and ambani category students with refillable lead pencils. 🥲 pic.twitter.com/nYnAaLUzaz
— Ashutosh Ganotra (@AshutoshGanotra) April 16, 2024
Should we consider pen pencils as foldable devices!😄 pic.twitter.com/j7Pjv15ElT
— S S Ganesh (@srisaiganeshb) April 16, 2024
Natraj – Maruti
Apsara – Hyundai
Camlin – Tata
Faber Castell – Rolls-RoyceThat’s more accurate, IMHO
— #RaGaArmy #INDIA Parivar (@madhurt83) April 16, 2024
Whether Apsara or Nataraj, each pencil played its part in the life of a student, leaving a mark on both paper and memory alike. 🙂