Varad Kunte - Philately

Remembering the great king of Maratha Empire - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj 🚩

तेरा जाना...
दिल के अरमानों का लूट जाना...

3 years since...

🎶 Remembering the 'Nightingale of India', Lata Mangeshkar. Known for giving her voice to over 25,000 songs, Lata Mangeshkar passed away on 6th February 2022 at the age of 92.

Mukesh is considered to be one of the most popular and acclaimed playback singers of the Hindi film industry. Mukesh had a unique and emotive voice that touched the hearts of millions of listeners. He worked with many renowned music directors, including Shankar-Jaikishan, Naushad, and Salil Chowdhury, among others.

A very happy 'World Post Day' to everyone. I would like to share a very interesting experience from October 2020. One of my friends from Germany Mr. Moritz Traub wanted to experiment with sending a postcard within India with address written on it in a different language and posting it from a different place (where PO staff won't understand that language). He insisted to me, to send a postcard to Nilotpal Sarkar, West Bengal having address written in Bengali (though I wasn't able to write in Bengali)! I agreed to be a part of the experiment and wrote the same address, in the same font as could see in the message which he shared on the messenger app. I mailed the postcard on 17th of October 2020 from a post office in Pune. Deliberately, I wrote the sender's address i.e. mine (Varad Kunte) in Marathi language and the recipient's address in Bengali language. You can also see the drawing done by me that time. The card successfully reached its destination within a week or so. We all were very happy with this experiment.

Long live India Post 📮🫱🏼‍🫲🏻

Greetings on the occasion of 'World Post Day' to everyone 😁📮

World Post Day is celebrated each year on October 9th to commemorate the creation of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874. It's a day to recognize the crucial role that post offices play in connecting communities.

तुम मुझे यूँ भुला ना पाओगे...
जब कभी भी सुनोगे गीत मेरे...
संग संग तुम भी गुनगुनाओगे.

Remembering the Melody Queen, Legendary Playback Singer 'Lata Mangeshkar' on her birth anniversary.

May Lord Ganesh bless you with all happiness, joy & success in your life!
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi 🙏🏻

World Elephant Day 🐘

Remembering Lokmanya Tilak on his 103rd death anniversary.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian social reformer and freedom activist. He was one of the prime architects of modern India and probably the strongest advocates of Swaraj or Self Rule for India. His famous declaration “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it” served as an inspiration for future revolutionaries during India’s struggle for freedom.

Remembering the Magical voice of the nation: Mohammed Rafi 🎶