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The lost art of letter-writing

Lakshmi Pratury remembers the lost art of letter-writing and shares a series of notes her father wrote to her before he died. Her short but heartfelt talk may inspire you to set pen to paper, too.

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Lakshmi Pratury remembers the lost art of letter-writing and shares a series of notes her father wrote to her before he died. Her short but heartfelt talk may inspire you to set pen to paper, too.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Lakshmi Pratury

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Lakshmi Pratury is the host of The INK Conference and was the co-host of TEDIndia 2009.