About this issue
What’s Special? Set out on an adventure with this issue of Tinkle, packed with vampires, tigers, dangerous terrains, tricky challenges, secretive operations, and more! Shambu travels to Borneo with plans to relax and snooze. But then his nemesis JJ shows up, challenging Shambu to track a Javan tiger, thought to be extinct. What happens now? Find out in Shikari Shambu: The Braveheart. Learn about four daredevil explorers who scaled steep mountains and crossed dangerous waters, just for the thrill of adventure in Explorer in the Making. Pyarelal embarks on a new mission to develop a love for stories and reading among the children in his village. Will he succeed? Check out Pyarelal: Comic Book Conundrum.
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.