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Byline: R. Balaji

ai 1/2oeA diary is a diary,ai 1/2i 1/2 comments 81-year-old M. J. Pratapsingh, Founder, Eagle Press Group, the Chennai-based manufacturer of Eagle brand of diaries.

A lot has changed in the nearly five decades since he started producing diaries but can anybody deny the pleasure in receiving a well made diary as a new year gift? Some may have reservations about receiving gifts from outsiders but a diary is never refused, he says, smiling.

As the Pongal holidays approach diary manufacturers take stock of the new year as the harvest festival in mid-January marks the end of peak diary season sales.

Eagle Press and Srinivasa Fine Arts …