Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 8184822820 |
ISBN-13 | 9788184822823 |
No of pages | 34 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Amar Chitra Katha |
Published Date | 01 Jan 2011 |
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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The three stories retold in this Chitra Katha anticipate in a sense, the tragedy that was to strike Ravenna, the Rakshasa king, when he abducted Sita and took on an adversary like Rama. Ravenna failed to learn the lessons of humility from these early confrontations.
These encounters are significant as one is on the divine level, another on the human and a third on the simian. It is, however, to Ravenna’s credit that he came out unscathed in each of these encounters, richer in alliances and friendships.