Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 8189999125 |
ISBN-13 | 978-8189999124 |
No of pages | 35 |
Book Publisher | Amar Chitra Katha |
Published Date | 01 Jan 1979 |
Anant Pai popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and creator of Indian comics, in particular the Amar Chitra Katha series in 1967,
along with the India Book House publishers, and which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters.
In 1980, he launched Tinkle, a children's anthology, which was started under Rang Rekha Features, India's first comic and cartoon syndicate, that lasted till 1998, with him as the Managing Director.
Today, Amar Chitra Katha sells about three million comic books a year, in English and more than 20 Indian languages, and has sold about 100 million copies since it inception in 1967 by Anant Pai, and in 2007 was taken over by ACK Media.
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Hitopadesha is a collection of ancient Sanskrit fables written by Narayana Pandit. It is dated around 11th or 12th century AD. The four stories chosen in this group have simple moral tales to tell. Lions, jackals, monkeys, cats, dogs and donkeys are protagonists who teach common sense lessons in how to judge for oneself, not to succumb to rumor-mongers, to mind one's own business and not to be greedy.