1. Typewriter
In November, Brother, a UK-based manufacturer, rolled out its last typewriter. You can’t buy it. It was sent straight to London’s science museum. India was slightly ahead of the UK in this regard. It closed its last typewriter factory, run by Godrej & Boyce, in 2011.
(This story appears in the 11 January, 2013 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)