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Anant Pai: The Karkala-Born Chemical Engineer Who Became India's "Uncle Pai"
Born in Karkala and orphaned by age two, Anant Pai trained as a chemical engineer before a 1967 quiz show — where children knew Greek mythology better than their own — set him on the path to creating Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle. Millions of Indian children who never knew his real story simply called him Uncle Pai.
Anant Pai
Educationalist, comic-book pioneer, writer, editor and publisher; creator of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle