Stories from the Sanskrit Drama: 5 in 1

by Anant Pai

Collection of the following Shakuntala, Urvashi, Udayana, Vasant Sena, Ratnavali

Genres: Graphic Novels Comics

160 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 10, 2008

About the author

Anant Pai popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and creator of Indian comics, in particular the Amar Chitra Katha series in 1967, along with the India Book House publishers, and which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters. In 1980, he launched Tinkle, a children's anthology, which was started under Rang Rekha Features, India's first comic and cartoon syndicate, that lasted till 1998, with him as the Managing Director.

Today, Amar Chitra Katha sells about three million comic books a year, in English and more than 20 Indian languages, and has sold about 100 million copies since it inception in 1967 by Anant Pai, and in 2007 was taken over by ACK Media.

Reviews

[Pranay · Rating 4 out of 5]

The classic stories featured here are Shakuntala, Urvashi, Udayana, Vasantsena and Ratnavali.
This 5 in 1 was Originally published in 1999.
All these stories are written by great writers and poets from centuries ago. The stories are mostly around Kings, Queens, Princesses, love and situational drama.

All of these are retold in a simplistic way and beautifully illustrated by some of the best Indian artists from the 70's-90's.