Revert to type: how Goa’s last typewriter repair shop defied the digital age

Luis Abreu once thrived on servicing India's many typewriters but computers are eclipsing his trade

In Goa's capital, Panaji, on Rua Sao Tome, not far from the main post office, is a shop that offers packaging services. For a small fee, they will wrap your parcel in a sheet of muslin sewn with precise stitches to protect its contents from being damaged in the post.

It started as a sideline to the main business of the store, but now it is the main earner for Luis Francisco Miguel de Abreu as he struggles to maintain one of the last typewriter repair shops in this Indian state.