About this issue
What’s Special? Go on an adventure of a lifetime with this thrilling and power-packed issue of Tinkle! · WingStar faces off against a giant robot that seems to be undefeatable in WingStar: Up Against It. · Ravi and Rahul are on the hunt for a car thief that no one has been able to spot in Defective Detectives: ‘Car’ried Away. · Students of Model School are jealous of STM School’s success in the annual dance competition. So they cook up a wicked plan in The Strategy. · Have you ever wondered why parrots talk? Find out in the Thai folk tale The Speech of Parrots. Also Starring: A thief breaks into Suppandi’s house, but doesn’t know what he’s in for in The Threat. A traveller comes face to face with a hundred ghosts in The House of Ghosts. And find out whether Alkazar, the evil genie, is stopped from carrying out his plan in the exciting conclusion to Thrillers: Desert Nights.
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.