About this issue
What’s Special? Welcome to yet another issue packed with mysteries, thrills, adventures, and of course, laughs! The Defective Detectives are on the tail of two suspicious looking characters in an art fair. But their sleuthing causes utter chaos! Find out how in Defective Detectives: Arty Farty. When the Subhawan River is polluted by factory waste, Ajit and Naran take it upon themselves to clean it up and hold the factory responsible. Check out the World Wetlands Day special, The Waste Warriors. A young boy sets out to slay a dragon terrorizing his village. But little does he know that the dragon has some tricks up its sleeves... Check out Slaying the Dragon. A man gives his three children a shilling each and a bizarre riddle to solve! Find out how they solve this 100-Room Riddle. A gang of hoodlums rob a bank and steal a very precious item—the design of WingStar’s suit! Will her secret be exposed? Check out WingStar: Bank on It! Also Starring: Suppandi gets into a tiff with a coffee maker in Coffee Conundrum. What happens when Mars, the Roman god of war, is plucked from a battlefield and sent forward in time to present-day Gujarat? Catch up with him in Thrillers: Mars Vigila!
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.