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Three decades of storytelling, over six hundred comic books, an extremely successful children’s monthly magazine, and millions of readers In India spanning at least four generations... This is the legacy of Uncle Pai, and this is the story of the man often referred to as “India’s master storyteller”. Children growing up in the India of the 1970s, 1980s, and the 1990s, had one common factor uniting them—their lovely association with Amar Chitra Katha. They bought copies, exchanged them, bound them in sets to proudly display to everyone... And, even flicked them from friends, if they didn't own a particular issue! Growing up reading his creations was an essential rite of passage that escaped no one. And all this fun, frenzy, and madness was thanks to the epoch-making vision of one man: Anant Pai.From a small village in Karnataka to Mumbai, Anant Pai’s journey and vision, which eventually touched countless lives across many generations, is as interesting as the books he created. Filled with little known stories from the creation of these epochal brands, Uncle Pai by Rajessh M Iyer chalks his journey and serves as a testimony of the man's indomitable spirit that helped millions across India get to know their cultural roots. Little wonder then that we too, like innumerable childre
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‘Uncle Pai—A Biography’: Riveting Narrative About Iconic Storyteller
The cover of “Uncle Pai-A Biography.” (Rajessh M. Iyer photo)
By R.M. VIJAYAKAR/Special to India-West
MUMBAI — For those who came in late (including those so delayed that they do not know anything at all about him!), Uncle Pai, as Anant Pai was known to millions of Indians in India, the world over and even foreigners, is the icon behind 30-plus years of storytelling, over 600 comic books under the aegis of “Amar Chitra Katha,” and “Tinkle,” the extremely successful children’s magazine.
His sole passion was connecting with children of all ages, which could also be interpreted as men and women in the twenties to even seventies, including politicians in India and overseas. His mission: to make comics a socially-acceptable means of spreading education about India’s glorious roots and change the worldview that such pictorial books, unlike most of their Amercian counterparts, were just entertainment.
Rajessh M. Iyer, himself a media professional who had once been a part of Amar Chitra Katha, skillfully draws up a portrait of the man who envisioned it all, and against all adversity, fulfilled that dream, besides becoming the darling of everyone from kids to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Russian President. Pai’s life
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