Anant Pai started the comic book series Amar Chitra Katha based on stories from the India epics, mythology and history after he witnessed a quiz contest in which participants could easily answer questions pertaining to Greek history but were unable to answer simple questions about India.
Anant Pai, better known as Uncle Pai, the founder of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle comics passed away in Mumbai. The 81-year-old had been admitted to a hospital last week. Pai suffered a massive heart attack on Thursday and breathed his last in the evening.
Uncle Pai, as he was fondly called, inculcated in Indian children a love for and interest in India's glorious past and its heroes.
Kasargod Embassy squanders a promising premise with weak writing, bad performances and amateurish execution, resulting in a tedious and largely forgettable watching experience, notes Sreeju Sudhakaran.
Akshata Udiaver remembers Anant Pai, the man who made history and mythology interesting for her and millions of other Indian children
Sugata Bose, author of revolutionary freedom-fighter Subhas Chandra Bose's biography His Majesty's Opponent, talks to Arthur J Pais about his grand uncle, one of the freedom movement's enigmatic figures. The first of a four-part interview.
Sugata Bose, author of revolutionary freedom-fighter Subhas Chandra Bose's biography His Majesty's Opponent, talks to Arthur J Pais about his grand uncle, one of the freedom movement's enigmatic figures. The first of a four-part interview.
The big challenge is beating piracy and convincing users to pay for content.
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Young, city-bred, successful, enthusiastic Indians are ditching their cars and cycling to work.
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Arthur J Pais remembers the time when Manna Dey recorded his first ever Malayalam song for the film Chemmen.
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Putting together a play about the Father of the Nation is no easy task. But when that play is a musical, the challenges increase.
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