Despite the need for journalists to be increasingly tech-savvy – more and more are training in the traditional skill of shorthand, according to the National Council for the Training of Journalists.

I am sure the article “Why this short shrift to shorthand?” (Open Page, Jan.30) would have kindled nostalgic memories in a good number of readers. Shorthand cannot be separated from The Hindu.

In the course of my service in the army and industrial tenures, I found that the clerks taking down dictation in shorthand were the real time-savers. They helped us concentrate on critical issues ...