ANANT PAI

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Anant Pai strode the Indian còmics industry like o colossus. Using the
còmics format he told stories from mythology, history and literature to
generotions of children.
Unde Pai, as he was known, wanted Indian children to be familiar with
their heritage. He believed thot it helped build self·esteem and
confidence. A Chemical engineer by profession, Anant Pai gave up his
|ob to follow his dreom, a dream that led to the creation of Amar Chitra
Katha and Tinkle.
Amar Chitra Katha poys tribute to its creotor and traces the story of the
man who left behind a legacy of leaming and laughter.

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 ANANT PAI

ANANT PAI

M HIS OWN ST0RY3EGAN IN THE SMALL VILLAGE OF KARKALA IN KARNATAKA. SOUTH INDIA, IN
1929. IT WAS THE YEAR THAT3HAGATSINGH L033EP 30M3SINTO THE LEGISLATIVE
ASSEM3LY, AND 3ECAME A YOUTHICON OF HIS TIMES. AND IT WAS THE YEAR THAT TARZAN. THE
FIP4T ADVFNTURF mMin 5TRIP IN THE WORLD. MADEITS APFEARANCE FAR AWAY IN AMERICA

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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA ANANT PAI

THERE WAS GREATJOYIN 3ALKUNJE VENKATARAYA SHENOY'S H0U5E. HIS DAUGHTER 5U5HEELA, HADJU5T DEVASTATED. THE FAMILYRETURNED TOKARKALA 3YA CRUEL TWISTOFFATE, SUSHEELA ALSO FASSEDAWAY
OtVEN 3IRTH TO HER SECOND CHILD IT WAS THE 17TH OF SEFTEM3ER 1929. WHERE LITTLE SAViTA WAS 30RN. f WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. ANANT WAS JUST TWO YEARS OLD.
I AM VERY WORRIED MY POOR DAUGHTER!
YOUR LITTLE BROTHER ABOUT SUSHEELA. WE’RE THERE I WILL LOOKAFTER
IS HERE SHEISSOWEAK. WITH HER WE YOURCHILDREN.
I HAVE NOTSEENHER WILL LOOK
v AFTERHER .
r OOOH! SMILE IN DAYS.
HE’S 50 TINY.
CANIHOLD
V HIM?

ANANT'S FATHER IRVATHUR VENKATARAYA PAI.

CAREFUL! DONT WORRY SUSHEELA
WORKED IN 30M3AY.
LOOK HOW WELL SHE IS
HOLDING HIM. ^ r S I HAVE A SON!
\ ( I CAN HARDLY WAIT I HAVE TO SWEEP^N-
\ TOSEEHIM! ANANT AND HIS SISTERS GREWUF WITH THEIR THE COURTYARD. GO TCT
COUSINS. IT WAS FREMA WHO TOOK OVERAS THE WELL FOR YOUR BATH
MOTHER TO HER LITTLE 3R0THER AND SISTER
W'S ANDCOMEBACKSOON.
V WE HAVE TO WALK TO J
SCHOOL.
YES, AKKA

>
ALREADY,

3UTHE HAD TO WAIT FORA FEWMONTHS TILL ANANT

THE BABY 30YIVAS NAMEP ANANT j COULD TRAVEL WITH HIS MOTHERANDSISTER TO30M3AY.

BABU* IS SO CURJOUS THEY WERE A HAPFY FAMILY TILL MISFORTUNE STRUCK.

ABOUT EVERYTHING
ANANT,
WAKE UP ANAA
IS THAI IS VERYUNWELL.
WHYHEPUTS THEY'RETAKING ANANT LOVED GOING TO SCHOOL.
EVERYTHING IN HIM TO THE f AKKA, THESE >
' HUSH! YOU MUST NOT ^ YOU HAVE SCORED THE
HIS MOUTH? HOSPITAL CLOTHESARE SO
SAY THAT AJ JA * AND HIGHEST MARKS IN EVERY
LOOSE FOR ME. HOW
MAMAMMAAA ARE DOING ^ SUBJECT. WELL DONE! v
11 fil M CAN I GO TO SCHOOL
IwWEARING THEM? a ALL THEY CAN TO KEEP US
V» COMFORTABLE. A

THANKYOU/
SIR

ÍJJÏÏÍ TARAYA FAIFASSEDAWAYSOONAFTER HE HAD 3EEN_

FR0MnFHOID. SUSHEELA WASEXFECTINGTH&K
THIRD CHILD AT THAT TIME
* 3A3U WAS ANANT’S FETNAME * OLDER SISTER A GRANDFATHER
A FATHER IN KONKANI AA GRANDMOTHER 3
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THE HEADMASTER OF THE SCHOOL WAS VERY PREMA WAS A GOODSTUDENT TOO. 5UTLOOKING AFTERI KALAVATI FINISHED A GREAT FLOOD AROSE AND HER
■ * • «<1 Uli uro ODI/ODitV
ANANT AND SAVITA WAS HER TOF PRIORITY |
FGVP0rH/M. | ■ H l^··-VT* HER PRAYERS AND RAN HUSBAND WAS DROWNED. LATER,
TO MEET HER HUSBAND WHEN SHE REPENTED AND ATE
WITHOUT PARTAKING OF THE PRASAD, HER HUSBAND WAS
THE PRASAD*. THE LORD RESTORED TO HER.”
WAS ANGRY
STUDYHARD, ^
J YOUWILLSHINE
ONE DAY. U

WHYWOULDGODGET v WHEN THE PRASAD WAS OFFERED TO ANANT. HE

ANGRY FORSUCHA WALKED TO A DRAIN OUTSIDE THE HOUSEAND -
SMALL THING? AND WHY
&SHOULD WE WORSHIP^
[V SUCHAGOD? J
SOON SAVJTA TOO STARTED
OOINO TO SCHOOL ONE DAY PLEASE
AKKA...
AKKA, LOOK,"
R1PE GUAVAS OKAY'
V WELLBE X l'MHUNGRY . '
CAN YOU
LATE. THERE’S A VERYHUNGRY!
PLUCK SOME,
ïl^ PLEASE? ^ PUJA* AT HOME
AND M AM AM MA
WANTED US TO
GET BACK HOME
V QUICKLY *

I...IWILL THE HEADMASTER HEARD THE STORY

TAKE YOU TO YOUR AFTER GRANDFATHER HAD LEFT -
HEADMASTER. LET WHYDIDYOU WHEN SHIVANNA*
HIM DECIDE WHAT THROW THE PULLEDMY HAIR
rTHEFE'SA! WHEN THEY REACHED HOME TO DO WITH YOU. PRASAD AWAY, DELIBERATELY IN CLASS.
ripeoneon V COME ALONGI >- ANANT? I FORGAVE HIM WHY WOULD
the next GOD GIVE SUCH A TERRIBLE
Lbpanchy ^ WHERE HAVE ^"->4
YOU THREE BEEN? 00 SIT PUNISHMENT TO THAT LADY?,
QUIETLY AND LISTEN TO IS HE LESS FORGIVING
' YOU 1 STORY'' THAN US?
LORD SATYANARAYANAS WHATFUN'
ARETHE
STORY. _ <^1
^ LIMm y

HAND ON THE CHILD [

'FOOD OFFERED TO THE DEÏTY
*HIS CLASSMATE 5
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SESIDES THE HEADMASTER, ANOTHER TEACHER THE CHILDREN SOON SETTLEDINTO THEIR IT WAS THE SÀME STORY EVERYWHERE. \
THE HEADMASTER WAS
QUIET FORA MOMENT. WHO SHOWED AFFECTION TO ANANT WAS COUSIN'S HOUSEHOLD SUT WHEN THEY / HOWWILL
THEN-l-■ DHARAMFAL, WHO COACHED HIM IN HINDIAND WENT FOR SCHOOL ADMISSION - r THEY STUDY IN AN
URDU. --- T T HI ENGLISH MEDIUM
yr OH ANANT1 rIHEARYOU^
^ YOURHINDI ^ SCHOOL? I AM SORRY.
y YOU ARE RIGHT. > ARE READING
15 VERY GOOD. i WE CANNOT ADMIT
BUTYOUCANNOTBE THE BHAGWAD X. THFMHFRI
v gita. y BUTIWANTIT TO
DISRESPECTFUL TO
BE EXCEL·LENT.
YOUR GRANDPARENTS
SHALL WE READ
l YOU MUST 5AY
fcvSORRYTOTHEM.^ KABIR'S POETRY
y IMISSMY X V TODAY? y
PARENTS A LOT
AND READING THE
n’LL DO GITA MAKES ME
THAT, 5IR. FEEL AT PEACE,
x 5iR. y

ITMADE ANANT FEEL VERY DEJECTED AND UNSURE OF HIMSELF

FINALLY, THE CHILDREN GOT

ADMISSION IN ORIENT HIGH
SCHOOL, MAHIM \- HEY,
LOOSE
ANANT ALWAYS HADA IVE ' SHIRT1
GREAT ADMIRATION FOR HEARD IT 7 YES.THE X
HIS TEACHERS I- IS VERY SCHOOLDOES^
. GOOD. > NOT HAVE MANY
AT THE END QF H/S FIRST | PREMA HAD GONE AHEAD. ANANT
WHEN ANANT WAS 13 YEARS OLD FACILITIES BUT IT
LESSON
HIS GRANDFATHER FASSED A WAY. AND SAVITA WERE TO JOIN HER IN HAS EXCEL·LENT
THE CHILPREN HAD TO MOVE ONCE THEIRCOUSINl.M. FATS HOUSE. V TEACHERS. 7
r iagreedto X AGAIN. I-■---
TEACH YOU ON TWO
C0NDIT10N5. ANANT
ONE - YOU WILL NOT r WHAT DO X
PAY ME ANY FEES. r YOUTHREE^· YOU THINK.
TWO - YOU'LL EAT WILL NOW STAY 1 SOM BAY WILL
fIVE HEARD
vWHATEVERIGIVE A WITH YOUR COUSIN IN L. BELIKE? X IT’SAVERY
X^ YOU. üà BOMBAY. I WILL MISS ^BIGCITY.
^YOUSOMUCHI >

WE WILL X
MISS YOU TOO,
. MAMAMMAI >
-'u ^ I AM SITTING ' f
HERE. YOU CAN
SIT AT THE BACK.
X THERE. ^

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THE FIRSTSEMESTER EXAMS TOOK FLACE AND THENIT WAS TIME FLEWAND PREMA WAS MARRIED TOA
AFTER SCHOOL
TIME FOR THE RESULTS. W&J&RT. T 7ma^M LEADING DOCTOR IN 30M5AY, VR PRA3HU
Y* SO MANY ^
MEANWHILE,ANANTSCOREDWELUNHIS \ STU DENTS WANT
WHOISTHIS
ANANT PAI? ADMISSION HERE!
k IWONDER... ^
HOW WAS
YOUR DAY?
^ EVERYONE>
KEPT TEASING
V ME. y / OH^
NO! HE IS '
r DONT WORRY ^ HOLDING MY
THEYLL STOPIF V PAPER! r'
YOUSHOW THEM
THAT YOU DONT
•S»w CARE. ^

IT WAS FU. LA DESHPANDE. THE FAMOUS MARATHIPLAYWRJGHT, AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS - . ICANTHEAR
mO WAS TEACHING ENGLISH ATORIENT HIGH SCHOOL THEN YOU, SON. WILLIGET
REPEAT THE ADMISSION
J2UESTI0N.> ^ SIR? >
r WHY ARE YOU SITTING >
THERE? YOU SHOULD SE SITTING
IN FRONT. HERE. COME ON. YOU
HAVE TOPPED THE CLASS,
\^ANANT 00 OUT OF 1OOUv<.

IT WAS DR JOHN TAYLOR, A WORLD RENOWNED PHYSICIST,

WHO WAS 0FFIC1ATING AS PRINCIPAL OF WILSON COLLEGE
ANANT S CLASSMATES
LATER HE WOULD CRÈDIT IT TO
WEREIMPRESSED
HIS WONDERFUL TEACHERS. l’LL WRITE
THE FIRST
CONGRATULATIONS v ONE. >
V ANANT1 ^ YNOW LOOK ^ r TOWHICH "
HERE. FRAMEA COLLEGE HAVE
SENTENCE WITH YOU COME FOR
00 ON THE PHRASE .ADMISSION? .
100 ... OUTOFTHE
NOT BADI LQUESTION'.y
r WILSON
COLLEGE.
V SIR. v

THAT ANANT TAI SHCK'Lf'

MAVlf A £Ff.LLIN4 MI5TAVÍ1
IS OWl Ov THC QÜU^TlOM

THE FRAIL. SEEMINGLYUNDER-

CONFIDENT30Y WAS HOLDING
UP VERY WELL ---Ü
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ANANT PAI
ANANT MAS A DILIGENT STVDENT
ONE WETMONSOON MORNING - AFTER FASSING OUTOF HILSON COLLEGE, AROUND THE TIME HE HAS IN THE FINAL SEMESTER. HE STARTED
r INTHAT ^ ANANT STUDIED CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TAKING HINDI CLASSES AT VANAMALIHALL IN DADAR. A YOUNG
/And idont CASE, COME STUDENTIMPRESSED THE NEH HINDITEACHER |-
WANT YOU TO w WITH ME. ,
CATCH A COLD r YOU SPEAK ^
/ ANANT. YOU ^
Sl GO HOME, CHASTE HINDI.
ARE SOAKJNG
X^SON! ^NO. SIR. \ WHAT’S YOUR
WET> GO HOME AND V NAME? y
CHANGEINTO DRY PLEASE I
V ClOTHES A DONT WANT LALITA
TO MISS \
I DONT WANT lCLASSESV \ 1 K
TO MI55 MY r
jC LASS, SIR.

AS ANANT HALKED HOME

y ARE YOU i vc
FROM BOMBAY OF YOUR FATHER
ORSOMEWHERE PANDITNEHRUA
NAMASTEI outside? y VISITED YOUR HOUSE.
I AM FROM DIDNTHE? YE9, THE RE WAS
LAUTAI YOU
THEY WENT UF TO THE FIRS T SINDH. MY FATHER AN EARTHQUAKE IN
LIVEINTHE
FLOOR WHERE THE COLLEGE 15 A BU9INESSMAN. KUTCH, AND NEHRUJI
SAME AREA
DELL HUNG AND -1 1 THE COLLEGE HIS NAME IS CAMET0V19IT0UR
^ AS ME? >
15 CLOSED FOR JETHANAND VILLAGE. THAT IS
THE DAY. NOW GOKLANI, WHEN HE CAME TO
vGOHOME > OUR HOUSE.
r NOW ^
RING THE
v DELL >

DONG
Dong
dong

LALITA HAD INTERESTING STORIES TO TELL

DURINGTHE
y FREEDOM MOVEMENT.^B
/ FOOD WA9 S0METIME9 ^
COOKED IN OUR HOUSE FOR
GANDHIJI AND HIS W0RKER9. IT
HAD TO BE DONE SECRETLY AT
NIGHT DO YOU KNOW19TAYED
L WITH MA KASTURBA” ONCE.y
fcL SHE USED TO PLAIT MY/
HAIRFORME._^
THROUGH HIS SCHOOL AND COLLEGE YEAR5. ANANT
'HAS LUCKY TO HAVE GREAT TEACHER5 GUIDING HlM
AND MOULDING HIMINTOA SFIR1TEDAND THOUGHTFUL
young man THEN FRIME MINISTER OF ÍNDIA
UNIVER3ITY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY. NOW ICT.
MAHATMA GANDHTS WIFE 11
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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA ANANT PAI

TIME PASSED THEY FORGEDA NO ONE WILL BELIEVE ^HE USED TO SING BHAJANS
STRjONG FR1ENDSHIF t: HE LEARNT TO PLAY THE EYEN WHEN HE WAS SMALL.
r SOONILL ^ HARMONIUM ALL BY REMEMBER? WE USED TO SING
START EARNING r IWOULD LIKE~ V HIMSELF.
TO ASK THEIR ^ EVERYDAY.
r LALITA, IVE ^ I WOULD LIKE
TOMEETAND PERMISSION TO IMUST
PASSED CHEMICAL r STUDYFORTHE^
TALK TO YOUR kMARRYYOU.J
ENGINEERING WITH NEXT FIVE YEARS.
A FIRST CLASS. L. PARENTS^
AFTERTHAT.IFYOU
I HA VE A JOS
FEELTHE SAME
^OFFERTOO^
YOU CAN SPEAK
V TO MY FATHER. y
CONGRATULATIONS!

HUH?
ANANT SPENT TIME WORKING WITH VIN03A ANANT WAS CONFIDENT AND MANAV' WAS LAUNCHED.
V
3HAVE HEALSO WROTEA NOVEL, '3EECHKI HE LEARNT THE ROFES OF CREAT1NG AND FU3USHING
>JèU A MAGAZINE.
KADT. SOON HE WAS 3ACK IN 30M3AY WITH
YETANOTHERIDEA | X |jil| yr WHY DONT X.
f YOU ACCEPT > BOOKS AND
r I WANT TO START A ' MAGAZINES
MAGAZINE. IT’S GOING TO BE ADVERTISEMENTS?
THINKOF HOW SHOULD BE FILLED
ABOUT MENTAL. PHYSICAL y YOU HAVE NO N WITH KNOWLEDGE
k AND SPIRITUAL J EXPERIENCE IN ^MUCHREVENUE >
x. YOU’LL GET.V AND NOT USED AS
i HEALTH. ( PUBLISHING. HOW
A COMMERCIAL
WILL YOU MANAGE SELLING
v EVERYTHING? y SPACE.

ANANT WAS SURE HE WOULD MARRY 3UT THE YOUNG IDEALIST HAD $
LALITA EVENIF HE HAD TO WALT FIVE ALREADY DECIDED TO LEAVE
years i-— HIS JOS AS AN ENGINEER
AKKA. X.
y^lHAVEBEEN X» jr DONT
LOOK, THAT’S
THE GIRLIWANT fTHINKING, AKKA...^ vVORRY SO MUCH/
S HA. HA! ” YINOBA BHAYE* IS AKKA. LETMESING
V TO MARRYI y
YOU ARE CRAZY1 DOING GREAT WORK IN ASONG FOR YOU. I
THINKOF YOUR THE VILLAGES. I WANT CANT SEE YOU SO, SAVITA WAS ALSO MARRIED. ANANT WAS VERY POFULAR WITH HIS NIECES AND NEFHEWS
CAREER NOW. \TOBEPARTOFHIS A k PENSIVE. v*
yMARRIAGE CAN \ MOVEMENT. Vi r you x
WAIT Ja PROMISED TO / YES I'M X
TELL US MANY GOINGTOTELLYOUX
' HUH?YOU k. STORJES. A ALL ABOUT TENALI \
SMILE1
WILLGIVEUP RAMAN AND BIRBAL /
AGOOD JOS v AND THE WILY J
TO GO TO THE X^JACKAL^-4
„ VILLAGE? . Tl-^ (Y1PPIEEE!

ANANTCOULD SING VERY WBLL

A SOCIAL WORKER AND GANDHIAN
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J \
MANAY RAN FOR A ANANT HAD NOT FORGOTTEN HIS COMMITMENT TO LAUTA AFTER SOME MONTHS. ANANT GOT MRSHUKLA, INPRAJAL CÒMICS WAS LAUNCHEP PHANTOM
FEW yiAR5 BUT - A JOB IN THE TIMES OFINPIA, |- CÒMICS AREA ANP MANPRAKE CA ME TO INPIA THEY WERE
r IMUST V BOOKS DIVISION ONE PAY - r GREAT IDEA. BUT WHY INSTANT SUCCESSES.
» HAVEASTEADY \ NOT CÒMICS BASED
Jr IWILL HA VE X
JOBIFIHAVETOASK) ON OUR MYTHOLOGY,
' TO CLOSE DOWN X ANANT, THE X ITHINK
LAUTA’S FATHER k AND HISTORY?
MANAV. BUILDING UP
)»*, FOR HER HAND. f MANAGEMENT \ WE COULDTRY
SUBSCRJPT10NS WILL WANTS TO REPRINTX YOUR IDEA OF
TAKE TIME AND I PONT f APITY. X HAVING SOME
AMERICAN CÒMICS, f I THATWILL
v HA VE THE MONEY y DA5U.IT IS INDIAN COMIC
I WANT YOU TO K HAVE TO WAIT.
K.TO CONT1NUE sé SUCH A GOOD STRIPS.
\ DO A MARKET AÀ LET’S FIRST LAUNCH
vMAGAZINEV
XX SURVEY. yr THE FOREIGN
CÒMICS.

HE TOOK UF A JOB WJTHA BOOK

COMPANY. MARKETING 3O0K5
TO 5CH00L5 ANP COLLEGES imr IT IS NOT GOING X. ANANT WAS FULL OF IPEAS ANP HE LOVEP PISCUSSINGTHEM I
KUNJU PILLAI, GURUS CLUB ANP OTHER
/ TO SE EASY FOR ME \ COMIC STRIPS CAME TO LIFE. I
TO EXPLAIN THIS TO MY
•L·r LAUTA, IREAD X,
COMMUNITY BUT YOU ARE A
WHO IS f ABOUT ANADMIRALOF 1
PERSISTENT YOUNG MAN. THE ZAMORJN NAVY, KUNHALLI
\GOAHEAD.YOU HAVE / KUNJU HE’S A X
MARIKKA, WHO CHASED THE ^ itshould^
PILLAI? TRAVELLER WHO
LK MY BLESSINGS. V PORTUGUESEOFFTHE / MAKE A GREAT
TELLS US ABOUT V STORYi
DIFFERENT PLACES x. malabar coast. x
v AND CULTURES. >

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i
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ANANT ANP LAUTA WERE MARRIEP ON

3RDJULY. 1960 THE NEXT PAY - r~Z

r PACK YOUR x
BAGS WE RE GOING r ILL ^
ONATOUROF INDIA. HELP YOU IN
I AM GOING TO WORK YOUR WORK,
AND I WANT YOU TO r\ ANU. ^
V COME WtTH ME A

LAUTA WAS TO BE ANANT'S GREATEST

SUPPQRT RJGHT THRQUGH HIS LIFE

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A FEW YEARS LATER ANANT AND LALITA W GROUPA-YOUR ^ A FEWMONTHS LATER ATA FAMILYOET-TOGETHER - r AHI THE ^ S ALLOFUSDID. N
WERE IN DELHI ON WORK WITH THEM r QUESTION: ACCORDING ANNUAL FAMILY ' I WROTE A STORY
WAS LAUTA’5 FATHER r AQUIZ MAGAZINE.
TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY, ABOUT A BOY CALLED ROBERT
CONTESTI r HOWARE ^ WHOWORKED.
THEY ARE WHO IS THE RULER OF THE v HE LIVES IN WARRINGTON
MY FAVOURITE ON IT? V BUT DREAMS OF GOING y
l FUNi A jOCEANS? YOUR OPTIONS ''WE RE FINE,Nf
NEPHEWS AND TO LONDON
\ ARE, ZEUS. HADES. A MAMA*. LOOK \i
^ NIECES? >
POSEIDON ATWHATWEVEM
k MADE ^11

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...ACCORDINGTO
INDIAN MYTHOLOGY. / LONDON. ROBERT. \
WHO WAS RAMA'S y DAFFODILSIOUR \
MOTHER? YOUR ORTIONS CHILDREN ARE SO EXPOSED
ARE, KAIKEYI, KUNTI, TO BOOKS AND IDEAS FROM
KAUSALYA. THE WEST. THEY ARE
l N EVEN FORGETTING y
. V TOTHINKLIKE rpC-
V INDIANS! m k

K
0-
THAT WAS SUCH
AN EASY QUESTION.
THESE YOUNGSTERS
KNOW ALL ABOUT GREEK
MYTHOLOGY BUT THEY THE THOUGHT STAYED WITH HIM SOON -
DONTKNOWMUCH IIII ■
ABOUT OUROWN IVE DECIDED
y ANDALSOA \
HERITAGE! TO RESIGN FROM THE
PUBLISHER! MOST
TIMES. I WANT TO TELL INDIAN K GOODIDEA, ^ OFTHEM WILL NOT
STORJES TO OUR CHILDREN ' BUTITWILL BE A ' EXPERIMENT WITH
I WANT TO MAKE AN LOT OF WORK. YOU’LL A NEW IDEA BUT
INDIAN COMIC. vNEED PEOPLE AND> SOMETHING WILL
I •V MONEY y S WORK OUT y

*UNCLE
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ANANT TOOK HISIDEA TO G.L AND H.G. YES,

MIRCHANDANIOF INDiA 300K HOUSE'. GOBIND, WHAT WE HAVE WE HAVE TO START CAN WE IYE NO
kAFTER THE FIRST TO THINK WORKING ON THE NEXT USE THE SAME OBJECTION. AS
TEN? ABOUTIT. LOT OF CÒMICS RJGHT NOW. NAMEFOROUR LONG AS WE AGREE
BY THE TIME THE FIRST TEN REPRJNTS OF THAT THE FIRST TEN
ARE PUBLISHED, THE NEW THE WESTERN WILL BE FOLLOWED
ONES WILL BE READY. .CÒMICS TOO?, BY OUR OWN
CÒMICS.

WHICH WILL
BE YOUR FIRST
CHITRA KATHA.
LA TER - [ ANANT?
YOUR
LAL rA, HU5BAND IS
AND YOU WILL GIVEME SNAME A GENIUS. LALITA. AS THE SCRIFT WAS NEARJNG COMFLETION - THE NEXTDAY-
PRODUCETHOSENEW FOR OUR CHITRA HE HAS MASTERED SIRJAMA IWOULD
KATHAS A NAME PLEASE DONT
CÒMICS. ANANT. THE ONES BENGALI IN CARTOONIST. MY LIKEYOUTOTAKE
CALL ME SIR. PAI IS
YOU WANT TO MAKE, OF WHICH MAKES JUSTTHREE NAME IS RAM ALOOKATTHESE
GOOD I M SORRY, I DO
KRJSHNA, SHIVAJI AND SENSE IN ALL OUR MONTHS! WAEERKAR. ID LIKE ILLUSTRATTONS
YES. HE NOT WANT A CARTOONIST.
AKBAR. LANGUAGES. TO WORK ON YOUR MY FR1END HAS
IS A LINGUIST, MR ILLUSTRAT1NG FOR CÒMICS
[II CÒMICS, V DONE. V
MITRA HEKNOWS IS VERY DIFFERENT.
SO MANY INDIAN ICANNOTOFFER
LET’S FIRST OU WORK.
YES, WE WILL LANGUAGES. HE
LEAVE FOR OUR
HAVE OUROWN EVEN KNOWS
3ENGALI CLASS
CHITRAKATHAS, PALIA.
WE'RE ALREADY,
IMEAN LATE
CÒMICS

' THEY’RE
S YOU! HA\
FANTASTIC! WHO
HA' YOU WILL
IS YOUR FRIEND?
r THE FRIEND A ILLUSTRATE
MR MITRA, ANANT FATS 5ENGALI l’D LIKE TO MEET
ISNONEOTHER v KR1SHNA. J
INSTRUCTOR, SECAMEA GOOD HIM.
FRIENDAND WASA GREAT THAN ME. HA
SUFFORTTQANANT IN HIS WORK. iïW HA HA! V
S' I HAVE THE NAME - AMAR CHITRA ^
ANANT FAIDISCUSSED NAMES FOR HIS CÒMICS KATHA. AMAR MEANS IMMORTAL AND
SERIES WITH MANY CREATIVE FEOFLE FINALLY - CHITRA KATHA STANDS FOR PICTURE SOUNDS
STORIES OR CÒMICS. . GOOD!

• FU3LISHERS AND DISTRI3UTERS OF300KS AND A ANANCIENT INDIAN LANGUAGE

MAGAZINES STARTEDIN 1952. 18
 AMAR CHITRA KATHA ANANT PAI
ANANT FAIGATHERED A SELECT 3AND OF YOUNG AS MORE SCRIPTS ANDARTWORKS ARRI VE D. PAIFELT THE THE FIRST AMAR CHITRA KATHA. THATEVENING -
WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS AROUND HM f~ NEED FOR FULL-T1ME ASSISTANCE. KAMALA CHANDRAKANT RAJI.
KRISHNA *, ROLLED OUTOF THE r LOOK WHATIVE^ THANKYOU.
JOINED HIM AS THE ASSISTANT EDITOR .. r PRESS IN FE3RUARY1970 PAI UNCLE
^ YAGYA, BROUGHTYOU IT’S
KAMALA, OUR SCRIPTS MUST A STORYBOOK ON I1L READ IT
YOU MUST WORK ON
BE WELL-RESEARCHED AND V LORD KRISHNA. / OUTTOHER
CHANAKYA. PRADIP
PAUL IS WORKING ON AUTHENTIC ATTHE SAME TIME, LL DO
s. ANANDAMATH. >■ JHEY MUST HOLD THE INTEREST MY BEST
OF YOUNG READERS. MR PAI

tf \

3E5IPE5 RAM WAEERKAR, HE 3R0UGHT IN

PRATAPMULICK. P3. KAVADI AND SOUREN .. .AND C.D RANE, AS ART1ST. TO WORK ON ART CORRECTIONS
R0YA5ILLUSTRATORS AND COVER CONCEPTS. 9
RAJI ENJOYED THE COMIC SO MUCH SHE
FINALLY. THE ARTWORKS OF KRISHNA. LAUTA. WHILE SHE SHARED WE WILL MADE HER MOTHER READ IT TO HER S PAI UNCLE. >
COMPLETE WITH TEXT AND COLOUR HER HUSdAND'S DREAM, f START OUROWN 1 SEVERAL TIMES EVERYDAY ONE DAY- YOUHAVETOCOME
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AMAR CHITRA KATHA WHICH OF THE ACKs HAVE YOU STILL NOT READ?
ANANT PAIWAS A MUCH SOUGHT-AFTER HE WAS INVITED TO DEUVER KEYNOTE ADDRESSES IN EPICS AND Tales Of Shiva Swami Chmmayananda The Mou se Merchant Baladitya And
SFEAKER SCHOOLS WHICH HAD REFUSEP SEMINARS ORGANISED 3YNATIONAL EPUCAWNAL PODIES. MYTHOLOGY Tales Of Vishnu Swami Pranavananda True Fnends Yashodharma
Best known stones from Tales Of Yudhishthira Tales Of Sai Baba Karrwal And Kehar Baiban
ADMISSION TO THIS V\LLAGE 30Y 3EGGED ' IAPPEAL TO YOU. DO NOT REJECT Tapati Tansen Kesari The Flymg Thief Banda Bahadur
the Epics and the Puranas
HIM T0APDRE55 THEIR STUPENTS ANY CHILD. THE P0I50N OF REJECTION. Thanjavur Tulsidas Kmg Kusha Bappa Rawal
Abhimanyu The Chuming Of The Vïdyasagar Manduka Ben Madho And Ptr Alt
EVEN LORD SHIVA CANNOT DIGEST Agastya Ocean Vivekananda PANCHATANTRA TALES Bhagat Smgh
EACH ONE LETALONEAPOORCHILD.^-rl Andhaka Zarathushtra Crows And Owts Bidhi Chand
The Gita
'ÒFYOU 15 A WINNER. Amnjddha The Golden Mongoose How The Jackal Ate Bimbisara
IF SOMEONE 5AY5 Arum And Uttanka The Kmg In INDIAN CLÀSSICS The Elephant Chand Bibi
Ashwmi Kumars A Parrot's Body Enchantmg tales from The Brahmin And
YOU ARE NO GOOD, Chandra Shekhar Azad
Ayyappan The Lord Of Lanka Indtan literature The Goat Chandragupta Maurya
PO NOT LOSE BELIEF Bahubali The Pandava Pnnces The Du llard Chennamma Of Keladi
IN Y0UR5ELF. Bhanumati Ananda Math
The Pandavas In Hidmg The Greedy Mother* Dara Shukho And
Bheema And Hanuman Ancestors Of Rama trvlaw
The Panjata Tree Devi Choudhurani Aurangazeb
Bheeshma The Sons Of Rama The Jackal And
Chandrahasa Durgesh Nandim Durgadas
The Syamantaka Gem The Wardrum Ellora Caves
Dasharatha Kadambari
Tirupati Raman Of Tenali Hakka And Bukka
Dhruva And Ashtavakra Kannagi
Tnpura Raman The Matchless Wit Han Smgh Nalwa
Draupadi Kapala Kundala Sahasramaila
Uloopi Kumanan Harsha
Drona Vaishno Devi Sakshi Gopal
Elephanta Maarthaanda Varma Hemu
Vali Satwant Kaur Humayun
Gandhari Malavika
Vishwamitra Sharan Kaur Jahangir
Ganesha Manonmani
Yayati Shrenik JaJUanwala Bagh
Ganesha And The Moon Pnnce Jivaka
Sukhu And Dukhu
Ganga Raj Smgh Kafpana Chawta
VISIONÀRIES Sundan
Garuda Ratnavali Kochunnt
Inspinng tales of thmkers, Tales Of Maryada Rama
Ghatotkacha Shakuntala Knshnadeva Raya
social reformers and The Acrobat
Hanuman The Adventures Of Kunwar Smgh
A FEW YEARS LATER, PAI INVITED READERS OFACK AT THE END OF THE SHOW AS CHILDREN CLAPPED, nation builders The Adventures
Hanuman To The Rescue Pratapan Lachit Barphukan
Of Agad Datta
AND T1NKLE TO CHILDREN S DAY CELE3RATI0NS, A PARROT SCREAMED - J- Hanschandra Adi Shankara The Elusive Kaka
The Adventures Of
LaJítaditya
UNDER THE 3IG DOME OF THE GEMINI CIRCUS. Heroes Of Hampi Albert Emstein Udayana MangaJ Pande
Baddu And Chhotu
Indra And Shachi Anant Pai Urvashi Noor Jahan
WHICH WAS HOLDING SHOWS IN MUM3AI. ^ UNCLE PAI, Indra And Shibi Babasaheb Ambedkar Vasantasena
The Bndegroom s Ring
Padmiru
WE LO VE YOU The Celestial Necktace
7^71 Indra And Vntra Basaveshwara Vasavadatta
The Clever Dancer Panna And Hadi Rant
WE LO VE YOU Jagannatha Of Pun Buddha Veer Dhaval Paurava And AJexander
The Cowherd Of Aiawi
Jayadratha Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Pnthvrraj Chauhan
v UNCLE PAI! > Kacha And Devayani FABLES AND HUMOUR
The Feadess Boy
Chanakya Ra*a BhOja
The FooTs Disaples
Kama Chokha Mela Evergreen folktales. Raja Raia Chola
The Golden Sand
Karttikeya Dayananda legends and tales of Rana Kumbha
The Green De mon
Konark Deshbandhu wisdom and humour Rara Pratap
The Unhappy Tiger
f. K Knshna Chittaranjan Das Rana Sanga
A Bag Of Gold Coins The Leamed Pandit
Knshna And Jarasandha Eknath Ram Abbakka
Amrapali The Lost Pnnce
Knshna And Narakasura Fa Hien Ram Durgavati
Andher Nagari The Magic Grove
Knshna And Rukmim Ghanshyamdas Birla Ram Of Jhansi
Angulimala The Miraculous Conch
Knshna And Shishupala Guru Arjan Rannt Smgh
Bikal The Temble The Mystery Of
Knshna And The False Guru Gobind Singh
BIRBAL STORIES The Missing Gift Rash Bhan Bose
Vaasudeva Guru Har Gobind
Birbal The Clever The Pandit And The Roopmati
Kubera Guru Nanak
Birbal The Genius Mitkmaid Sambra i
Kumbhakarna Guru Tegh Bahadur
Birbal The Just The Pkj And The Dog Samudra Gupta
Mahabharata Hiuen Tsang
Birbal The Wise The Pious Cat Sea Rout» To índia
Mahiravana J R D Tata
Nachiketa Birbal The Witty The Pnceless Gem Shah Jahan
Jagadis Chandra Bose
Nahusha Birbal To The Rescue The Pnnce And Shakvahana
Jamsetji Tata
Nala Damayantl The Inimitable Birbal The Magraan Shantaia
Jawaharlal Nehru
Pareekshit Chandralalat The Prophecy Sher Shah
UNCLE PAI 3URSTOUTLAUGHING, WITH LALITA SESIDE HIM Jayaprakash Narayan
Dhola And Maru The Queen s Necklace Shtvají
Parashurama Jim Corbett
Prabhavati Fnends And Foes The Rainbow Pnnce Subhas Chandra Bose
Jnaneshwar
Pradyumna Gopal And The Cowherd The Secret Of The Suttana Razia
Kabir Talktng Bird
Prahlad Gopal The Jester Sufjya Sen
Kalidasa
HITOPADESHA TALES The Silent Teacher Tachcholi Othenan
Purushottam Dev And Lal Bahadur Shastn
Padmavati Choice Of Fnends The Tiger And The Tales Of Shivan
Lokmanya Tilak Woodpecker
Rama How Fnends Are Parted Tanají
M S Subbulakshmi
Hothal The Tiger Eater Tenzmg Norgay
Ravana Humbled Madhvacharya
JATAKA TALES Thugsen The Histonc City Of Delhi
Saraswati Mahavira
Sati And Shiva Battle Of Wits Vidyut Chora The Ram Of Kittur
Mane And Pierre Cune VAramaditya's Throne
Savitn Bird Stones Tipu Sultan
Megasthenes
Shiva Parvati Deer Stones Veer Hammir
Mirabai BRAVEHEARTS
Stones of Creation Elephant Stones Veer Savarkar
Mother Teresa Sttmng tales of brava men
Subhadra Jackal Stones Velu Thampi
Narayan Guru and women of indta
Sudama Monkey Stones Vikramadilya
Rabmdranath Tagore
Sukanya Nandi Vishala
Ram Shastn A Nation Awakes
Surya Stones Of Courage CONTEMPORARY CLÀSSICS
Ramana Maharshi Ahilyabai Holkar
Tales From The Stones Of Wisdom (New Caiegoryf
Ramanuja Ajatàshatru
Tales Of Mísers Akbar The best of modem
Upanishads Salim Ali
The Deadty Feast Amar Smgh Rathor Indiat i literatura
Tales Of Arjuna Shankar Dev
Tho Giant And
Tales Of Balarama Soordas Ashoka The Blue Umbrelta
The Dwarf
Tales Of Durga Sri Ramakrishna The HxJden Treasure
Babur
Tales Of Indra Snmvasa Ramanujan Bagha Jatin
The Magic Chant
Tales Of Narada Subramama Bharati Bajírao I

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