Tinkle Digest 18

by Anant Pai

• Balachandra and Nagachandra are not just neighbours but also great friends. Will their friendship be put to test when Bala finds a pot of gold in his yard? Find out in A Tale of Two Neighbours.• Bolaibabu’s journey from Calcutta to Delhi is far too hot. He is desperate to reach his destination in less than an hour. Will he get his heart’s true desire in A Prayer Answered?• Would you believe us if we tell you that a mouse is mightier than a camel? You better believe it because in The Mighty Mouse this naughty rodent has found the ropes to control a camel. Read the story to find out what happens next! • Hatim has incurred the wrath of the sultan and gone into hiding. The Sultan will give the person who finds Hatim a handsome reward. Will Hatim get caught? And if yes, then what punishment awaits him?

98 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 1, 1993

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Srishti Ghosh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entertaining

Nice stories. As usual TINKLE did not disappoint me. Reminded me of my childhood days. I would read this comic a lot.