Friday, February 25, 2011

Amar Chitra Katha creator UNCLE PAI(Anant Pai) dead at 81.


Amar Chitra Katha creator UNCLE PAI(Anant Pai) dead at 81.


Anant Pai, better known as Uncle Pai, creator of Amar Chitra Katha  and Tinkle comics has died at the age of 81.
Amar Chitra Katha has shown millions of Indians the route to their roots. Tinkle has been the childhood companion of many for over two and half decades. In 1967, the educational comics series Amar Chitra Katha was launched. Each of the comics in this series was devoted to a person or event in Indian history, religion and mythology. Anant Pai conceptualized of all of these, and wrote the scenarios for most of them.
Anant Pai (17 Sep 1929 - 24 Feb 2011)