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Our dear Uncle Pai

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       Hi folks,           How are u all?? It has been a while since I contributed to this page. Have been busy with mundane things. But yesterday I read somewhere the news about the passing away of  Anant Pai, founder of Indian comics, especially Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle.                         Mr Anant Pai who worked with Times of India for sometime during 1960s found out that in a quiz competition children answered questions about Greek mythology, but failed to answer questions on Indian mythology. He quit the Times of India and along with late G. L. Mirchandani of India Book House he started India Comics. He founded Amar Chitra Katha series of comics giving colour and life to mythological stories, freedom fighters, famous personalities, jataka tales and much more. Compared to many foreign comics, the english used in these comics are simple but with myriad illustrations suiting the story and characters. Even today, a child's bookshelf in any Indian home is not co