The Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) – A dream come true The craze for Tinkle continued and on its 700th Special Issue in 2018, the writer Ruskin Bond guest-starred in this. Pai felt the need to take it beyond Tinkle and in 1989 under the same syndicate, decided to launch Chimpu Comics which included Kapish, Little Raji, Fact Fantasy, Ramu, and Shamu but this venture soon had to be discontinued as there weren’t many takers. He started Tinkle under this syndicate in 1980. Pai promptly quit his lucrative job and founded Rang Rekha Features, India’s first cartoon and comic syndicate in 1969. He then decided to do something that made Indians to be more aware of the rich culture, heritage and history that India possesses. One day as Pai was watching a national channel on TV, he found that the participants of a quiz contest did not answer questions on Indian Mythology. Pai always aimed to have a company of his own. ‘Everything begins with an idea’ – Earl Nightingale

This was the initial climb for Pai on the ladder of success. He learnt the art of writing and publishing at the books division of Times of India group who published many comic book series.

His first magazine for children named as Manav turned out to be unsuccessful. Just like any other successful man, Pai had to taste his own share of failure. Mr.Pai, a chemical engineer switched to being a storyteller and a writer. Though he lost his parents only at the age of two years old, he managed to complete his studies with the help of other family members in Mumbai. Ananth Pai was born in Karkala in Udupi district in southern state of Karnataka on 17th September, 1929. While the comic book Amar Chitra Katha simplified Indian history and mythology making Indian readers to crave to read more from it, Tinkle was filled with stories for children. Ananth Pai who was fondly called by his readers as Uncle Pai. If you grew up reading comic strips like Tinkle and Amar Chitra Katha, you will remember Mr. Mr Pai remained the managing director of Rang Rekha Features till 2000, when he sold it to a Hyderabad based animation studio named as Color Chips. Uncle Pai the creator of “Tinkle and Amar Chitra Katha” is fondly remembered even today for bringing smiles and laughter on every child.

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