About this issue
Hello Friends,What do you do when you quarrel with your friend? Stop talking? Stop sharing? Ignore them? But then, a quarrel also means that you don’t have anyone to share secret messages with, laugh over the silly antics of the day or share your tiffin, doesn’t it? You miss your friend and you want to start talking again, but you can’t because either you can’t get yourself to say ‘sorry’ or you expect your friend to apologize first. And it is so difficult and lonely and borrrring without that special friend!Most of us believe that the worst thing that can happen to us is quarrelling with our close friends. But you know what? Quarrels are not such a bad thing. A tiff can clear up the air quicker than all those resentful glances and grumpy silences, especially when you both speak about the things that have been bothering you. A quarrel also tells you more about your friend and what you want and expect from them. Perhaps your grudge may be as simple as being jealous of the other friends either of you have, or being ignored or forgotten for a fun outing. When you say what’s on your mind, you get the chance to know how they feel and what went wrong, even if it hurts at that time.Quarrels also teach you more about you—how hot-tempered are you, how forgiving, how demanding and how reasonable. If you choose, you can use a quarrel to change things about your friendship, to make it stronger. But then sometimes we are also stuck with friends, who we later realize, we don’t really like much and do not know how to get away from. Being honest with them gives you the space away from those who do not think like you, those who laugh at you than with you and those who don’t back you up. I hope this Friendship Day on 2 August and all the days of friendship to come, you discover more about your friend, about you, and your friendship grows stronger over the years.
About TINKLE
Tinkle started as a fortnightly children’s comics magazine, in 1980. Under the guidance of editor-founder, Anant Pai, the brand evolved the tagline ‘Where learning meets fun’. It was one of the first few children’s comics magazines with Indian content at that time. Till then children were reading syndicated foreign comics, – Archies, Phantom, Mandrake – translated into Indian languages. In Tinkle, children could read folktales from all over the world as well as stories revolving around the Tinkletoons. Many of these characters have evolved into icons such as Suppandi, Shikari Shambu, Tantri the Mantri, Kalia the Crow, etc. Over the years, newer characters have stepped into the Tinkle pages. These include the Defective Detectives, Butterfingers, Sea Diaries, etc. Apart from comics, the magazine also engages readers with several educative non-fiction pages including puzzles, do-it-yourself crafts, solve-it-yourself mysteries, knowledge features on a wide range of subjects and contests. Though intended as a magazine for children between the ages of 8 and 14, Tinkle’s reach goes far beyond. Families eagerly look forward to the magazine, every month, across the length and breadth of the country. It is probably not just the entertainment but the unexpected insights that the magazine gives their children that families value. Owing to Uncle Pai’s efforts, Tinkle is also welcomed by educators and school principals and thus holds a position as a recommended magazine for wholesome edutainment.