A collection of 5 beautifully illustrated and absorbing stories of wit and wisdom from India’s ancient past. This collection includes the following titles: HITHOPADESA – How Friends are parted – Choice of Friends: THE TIGER and the Wood pecker and Other Stories: FRIENDS and Foes – Animal Tales from the Mahabharta: A BAG of Gold Coins: The first two titles in this volume are based on the Hithopadesha, attributed to Narayana. The stories in the Hitopadesha are based on the more famous Panchatantra written by Vishnu Sharma. The third title in the series has stories from the Keyurabahu Charitramu by the distinguished Telugu poet Manchana. The fourth title in the volume is based on the Mahabharata by Vishnu Sharma. The fifth tile has stories, adapted from Anwar-i-Suhaili, a Persian version of the Panchatantra, written by Hussain Ali Waiz.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anant Pai
Anant Pai was the creator of the two most popular comic book series, Tinkle and Amar Chitra Katha. His works deal with the retelling of mythological tales, folk stories, and biographies of historical figures. He has been considered one of pioneer creators of Indian comics.
He has been associated with works like Fact Fantasy, Funtime, and Funland, all of which are education comic strips. Rekha, Ramu and Shamu, Little Raji, and Kapish are some of the comics he had created.
Born in Karkala, he was brought up by his grandfather after the death of both his parents. He then moved to Mumbai and attended the Orient School in Mahim. He had acquired dual chemical technology degrees from the University of Bombay in Chemical Technology. He was also an expert in personality development. He had conducted several personality development classes for teens and children. He had also founded Partha Institute of Personality Development, 1978. He has published several books dealing with this, such as How to Develop A Super Memory, How To Achieve Success, and How Develop Self-confidence. He was awarded by the Lifetime Achievement Award at the very first Indian Comic Convention in 2011. He married Lalita, and the couple lived in Mumbai. On 24th February, 2011, Pai died of a heart attack.
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