About this issue
Dear Friends,I have some interesting things to share with you. I was thinking back to this story I had read in my Hindi textbook when I was in college. It was about a man who walks along a road swinging his umbrella. A passer-by objects and tells him, “Stop! You nearly hit my nose!” The first man states, “It is my umbrella. It is a public road and a free country. I can do what I want.” To which the second man retorts, “Your freedom ends where my nose begins!” This sentiment finds an echo across the world in a quote that says, your right to swing your fists ends where my nose begins. So what do these instances mean? That freedom comes with responsibility? That everything one does has consequences? That, as one has the freedom to live in the way one chooses to, there are limits to that freedom especially when it concerns another? Tell me what you think. Moving on to one of my favourite topics—magic and fantasy—it thrills me no end that we are exploring this theme in this month’s issue. There is nothing better I love than to dream up new worlds with new rules (all magical!) and new creatures (all fantastic!). But I also think that we take this wonderful world that is ours for granted. The magical colours of a sunrise and the blooming of a flower, the ability to talk to another person halfway across the world in an instant and the miracle cures of science, there are so many fantastic things. What do you think? Write to me at tinklemail@ack-media.com
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.