Italians have brought the world spaghetti and meatballs, sleek motor vehicles, high fashion and – thank goodness – the Olivetti Lettera-35. To those of you unfamiliar with the last Italian import, let ...

I grew up on a manual typewriter, the same one my mom used to write articles for Life Magazine in the ’50s and ’60s. It was a small portable in a beat-up canvas case, and you had to hit the keys hard.

Giving a new lease of life to more than 3,500 institutes in the state that teach typewriting, the government has now decided to continue giving recognition to courses in manual typing. However, the ...