About this issue
What’s Special? Go on a world tour with this issue of Tinkle, packed with stories, jokes, stress-busting features, and more! Peek into Kalia’s childhood and his first adventure, where he foils Chamataka’s mischievous plot, in Kalia the Crow: Baby Steps. A thieving mouse deer is caught and threatened with punishment. But this mouse deer is one tricky character! Check out the Indonesian and Malaysian folk tale, Captured! Journey with The Royal Poinciana as it escapes the woodcutter’s axe and tries to find a new home in distant corners of the world. When a beggar tries to cheat a caliph, the caliph goes to a judge. But what will the caliph do for the judge who seems shady as well? Find out more in the Turkish folk tale Justice is Served. Shambu and Shanti are kidnapped in Namibia by a hunter! Will they do as he says, or refuse and risk their lives? Find out in Shikari Shambu and the Rhino Hunter. Also Starring: Suppandi works on a movie set and causes much distress for the director in Anger Management. Rahat discovers the world of skateboarding in a little village in Board Games. And what do you do when a strange monster visits you every night? Find out in Thrillers: Maths Panic.
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.