About this issue
What’s Special? Hold on to the edge of your seat because this issue of Tinkle will take you on a wild, thrilling ride! Tantri faces off against a ruthless demoness determined to take over Hujli in Tantri the Mantri: Night of the Demoness. Klaas’ wish to eat cheese all day, every day is fulfilled by some fairies. But should he have asked for something else instead? Find out in So Cheesy! Bapao and Lohe are given a history project that seems easy enough at first, but turns more and more challenging in A Sketchy Past. Aisha and her new friend Skye are challenged to a game of cricket. But the match might just expose Skye’s SuperWeird power in SuperWeirdos: Wazoom! Also Starring: Suppandi borrows Maddy’s camera with disastrous results in Piece-ful. Anwar teaches Faluda a thing or two about success in Success Story. And keep an eye out for Mars, the Roman god of war, as he tries to time-travel to the past in the conclusion to 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.