Updated On: 13 November, 2016 12:00 AM IST | | Kusumita Das
<p>In the era before the touchscreen, it was the humble typewriter that symbolised India-s economy and propelled women into the workforce. But, the last key has not been punched yet, finds a new book</p>

Final Mechanic, Danny Jalnawala at Godrej Typewriter Plant, pours over a Prima typewriter, listening intently to the sounds it makes while he tests the keys. His colleague, Gopal Shetty, stands a few paces behind him, watching him and making fun of him fo

Final Mechanic, Danny Jalnawala at Godrej Typewriter Plant, pours over a Prima typewriter, listening intently to the sounds it makes while he tests the keys. His colleague, Gopal Shetty, stands a few paces behind him, watching him and making fun of him for working so hard. Also seen in the picture are: Subhash Raut, a test-typist left, foreground; sitting, Querobino Fernandes, Lopez, Kalim Haider, Baig, Lad and Vinayak Karnik. Pic/Sooni Taraporevala, 1984
It was the year 1976, when Sidharth Bhatia walked into the Free Press Journal office on Dalal Street and was led to a table that had around eight typewriters sitting on it.