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Children Will Always Remember Uncle Pai

Uncle Pai, as he was fondly called, inculcated in Indian children a love for and interest in India's glorious past and its heroes.A fascinating excerpt from Sanjeev Sanyal and Rajesh Singh's's......

The Dalai Lama and Jataka Tales!

Please click on the images for glimpses of His Holiness The Dalai Lama seen in public for the first time in two years. IMAGE: After the coronavirus pandemic began, The Dalai Lama has......

Critical thinking about history is dying

Books like Incarnations: India in 50 Lives, simple and straightforward though they appear, are instead powerful arguments for complexity, for empathy, and for curiosity, observes Mihir S Sharma.......

Comic book chronicling valour, sacrifice of army men released

As the country paid tributes to the 1965 war heroes on Friday, a special comic book chronicling the life, valour and sacrifice of 21 awardees of the Param Vir Chakra, the nation's highest military......

Comic book to immortalise India's bravest men

Ahead of India's 69th Independence Day, a special comic book is all set to be released this week chronicling the life, valour and sacrifice of 21 awardees of the Param Vir Chakra, the nation's......

Now, Godrej locks its history in Amar Chitra Katha

The challenge, Godrej says, was to reach a younger audience and children who might have had very little association with the brand. Surajeet Das Gupta reports. IMAGE: The comic book is all about......

Future Group to sell 18.6% stake in Amar Chitra Katha

Debt-ridden Future Group on Friday said it will sell part of its stake in Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd (ACKPL), which publishes Amar Chitra Katha comics, for Rs 13.62 crore. It has entered into......

Google introduces global kids safety programme in India

Google on Wednesday launched its global 'Be Internet Awesome' programme for children in India in partnership with Indian comic book publisher Amar Chitra Katha to interweave critical internet......

What will Modi 2 give India?

'What will this supposedly more business-friendly government do if it gets a second term?''Important labour law and land reforms remain off the table.' 'Witness the arm-twisting of foreign players......

Emotix, a Mumbai-based startup launches personal robot for kids

The robot can hold long conversations, track the child's mood and is controlled from an app on the parents' smartphone For generations, filmmakers have dreamt up stories of sentient robots as best......

Malaikottai Vaaliban: 10 Truths That May Hurt

Since nothing irritates Lijo Jose Pellissery more than a throwaway critical judgment, Sreehari Nair carefully presents his opinions about Malaikottai Vaaliban a good two weeks after he first saw......

Review: Sam Bahadur: The Amar Chitra Katha Version

Sam Bahadur is a mechanical summary of his life, ticking off one chapter after another without bothering to pause or ponder over their significance and influences, observes Sukanya Verma. A......

Ram Setu Review: Bizarre!

Ram Setu is silly and boring, sighs Deepa Gahlot. Anyone who is acquainted with the Ramayana or has even read the Amar Chitra Katha version, would know of the episode in which Lord Rama's......

Brahmastra Review

Brahmastra is a work of star-struck ambition and high-octane energy whose razzle-dazzle hits many happy notes, observes Sukanya Verma. India is a gold mine of mythological stories about good......

Samrat Prithviraj Review

Akshay Kumar plays the part with enthusiasm, like he was just waiting to get into the costume of a historical hero, observes Deepa Gahlot. When ads of a film proclaim that it is about the last......

Dhoni sets out on new 'amazing adventure'

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni plays the titular character in the graphic novel 'Atharva: The Origin' -- a seasoned warrior, who sets out on a long journey where he encounters strange creatures and......

The pride, the perfume and the perils of Virat Kohli

'He may be a scientist, a poet and a brat. And in addition to all this, Virat Kohli is also cricket's No 1 Rollerblade-Artist,' says Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Virat Kohli: Sheer majesty! Photograph:......

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