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Remembering 'Uncle Pai'

Anant Pai, better known as 'Uncle Pai' -- the founding Editor and creator of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle comics -- passed away in Mumbai on Thursday night after a brief illness. He was 82,......

Children Will Always Remember Uncle Pai

Uncle Pai, as he was fondly called, inculcated in Indian children a love for and interest in India's glorious past and its heroes.A fascinating excerpt from Sanjeev Sanyal and Rajesh Singh's's......

Tinkle's Uncle Pai passes away

Anant Pai, better known as Uncle Pai, the founder of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle comicspassedawayin Mumbai. The 81-year-old had been admitted to a hospital last week. Pai suffered a massive heart......

When I met Uncle Pai, the master story-teller

Akshata Udiaver remembers Anant Pai, the man who made history and mythology interesting for her and millions of other Indian children They say, to write is to live forever. This holds true for......

Interview with Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan

In the first part of an exclusive and expansive interview with rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, Mumbai Police Commissioner Dhanushkodi Sivanandan spoke about his resolve to prevent another 26/11 like......

Amar Chitra Katha goes back to school

A year shy of its 50th birthday, the iconic brand looks to bridge the gap with a new generation of children Storyteller to generations of Indians, Amar Chitra Katha, is busy reinventing itself.......

Does Rahman's If I Rise song deserve an Oscar?

The twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day. With barely two days left for the Oscars, A R Rahman......

'Akshay's my favourite co-star'

Kareena Kapoor's looking like a million bucks in her upcoming film, Kambakkth Ishq, and she knows it. The actress, who plays a supermodel in the film, has a great chemistry with co-star Akshay......

'Almost every song seems inspired today'

'I cannot be confined to just one or two kinds of music.' On a visit to New York in 2012, as part of an American concert tour, Bappi Lahiri, who sadly passed away on February 15, 2022, met with......

How Manna Dey's wife helped him rehearse for a song

Arthur J Pais remembers the time when legendary singer Manna Dey, who passed away on Ocotber 24, recorded his first ever Malayalam song for the film Chemmen in 1965. Manna Dey......

'Gandhi's honesty floored me'

Putting together a play about the Father of the Nation is no easy task.But when that play is a musical, the challenges increase.Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar (text), Rajesh Karkera (video) and......

Spotted: Umpire Simon Taufel

Reader R Santhanam sent us this photograph. 'Hi, 'It was a surprise to see Simon Taufel at the ICC tournament in Singapore on the 6th of September. He welcomed every visitor for a photo......

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