“Hiding them in
the school bag, hoping that parents or teachers do not find out….” Number of
times I have done that and most of my friends did it too. Comics, something
that made us fly in our imagination as kids. Comics that made us laugh and
smile even scared. Comics that we held so dear, reading them, exchanging them,
trying to mimic the characters and even struggling to convince parents (some
time teachers too) to dress up as a favorite comic character in the fancy dress
competitions instead of a famous politician or sport star.
We rarely had the
Marvel or Spectrum versions, but we never missed them. Who needs a superhero from
another country when you have your own Chacha Cahudhary (whose brain processes
faster than the computer) with his Saboo (the Giant from Jupiter, Volcanos explode
on nearby planets when Saboo gets angry) and Rocket (the cute dog) and a whole
bunch of sinister yet silly villains. There was the sweet and plump chachi and
many more. Biloo, who multiple times, appeared and acted just like me or my
friends. And Pinki the girl next door.
There were so many
stories, so many situations. Millions of laughs and giggles for many years just
got silent today to say goodbye to the creator of all these characters and the
sweet stories that are a part of millions of Indians childhood.
Pran Sir as you
had said"If I could put
a smile on the face of people, I would consider my life successful"You have been
extremely successful as you had put millions smiles on millions of faces for so
many years. Millions of us who grew up in India in 80s and later salutes your
Very successful life today.
Rest in Peace and I am sure heaven dwellers will have some great stories
to hear and some good laughs, now that you are there.
PS: My day started with reading this sad news of the death of Mr. Pran. And have decided to read a few Chacha Cahudhary comics later in the day to make me smile; grief will not be the right goodbye to him
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