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Bur-grrr!

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Our very own Burger Nazi (Burger King, Koregaon Park)

Garuda

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I don't remember when I read my first Amar Chitra Katha . Along with Target, Chandamama, Champak and to a lesser extent Tinkle, it is an indelible part of my memories of growing up. Some of my closest friends claim I haven't grown up yet, but I digress. Although I wasn't as much a fan of ACKs as I was of say, Detective Moochwala, I found them interesting, adventurous, and educational. I went on a nostalgia trip recently when KP bought, for an unknown reason, a huge number of Amar Chitra Kathas. Apart from the pricing, little seems to have changed. I still find them interesting, although for quite different reasons. Here, for example, are a few pages from Garuda . This snippet explains how Garuda got his name: As can be seen, enjoying these comics demands a suspension of disbelief equal to that required while reading Superman, or watching Crank for that matter. I pity the poor parents when their kid, as precocious as they come these days, starts questioning them on some ver

Short story inspired by the Literary Ace

"Good night", she sang, "Sleep tight!" And so he got into his sleeping bag.