Sunday, December 29, 2013

[Book Review] Amar Chitra Katha Complete Collection - Best Buy of my Lifetime

The best investment you can make to give your home and kids a imaginative and colourful introduction to Indian Sanskriti, History and Wisdom passed down through the ages. AMAR chitra katha indeed (Immortal illustrated stories). 300 individual comics plus 10 Special Issues.

Opening the package made me jump back to my childhood as we scouted the IBH book-store for unexplored titles with my father and brothers. Sundays spent scouring second-hand book stalls for as yet unread titles (50 paise for no-cover titles and 1 rupee for titles with front cover).  Met many old friends today as I went through all the books and even found some new ones.

Summer holidays filled with mangoes and ice-cream and bike rides and cricket. Hours spent reading and re-reading the timeless classics created by Anant Pai (Uncle Pai) and his creative team.

I'd been meaning to get the whole collection for quite some time now. But kept putting it off as the home is already choc-a-block full of books already. Seeing the superb discount from flipkart it was an easy decision to snap up these timeless INDIAN classics.

Now I'm enjoying reading the stories to my son (and in future to my daughter too) and enjoying. For the first time seeing many titles with the beautiful front-cover artwork. Started reading with 'Ganesha' and 'Sudama' today.

This set included Following titles.
1. Krishna
2. Hanuman
3. The Sons of Rama
4. Rama
5. The Gita
6. Shiva Parvati
7. Nala Damayanti
8. Chanakya
9. Ganesha
10. Buddha
11. Savitri
12. Tales of Vishnu
13. Hanuman To The Rescue
14. Tales of Durga
15. Ganga
16. Krishna And Rukmini
17. Vivekananda
18. Krishna And Jarasandha
19. Elephanta
20. Tales of Narada
21. Angulimala
22. Krishna And Narakasura
23. Raman of Tenali
24. Indra And Shibi
25. Tales of Arjuna
26. Mahiravana
27. Bheema And Hanuman
28. Kumbhakarna
29. Karttikeya
30. Shakuntala
31. Karna
32. Sudama
33. Abhimanyu
34. Bheeshma
35. Mirabai
36. Ashoka
37. Prahlad
38. The Churning of The Ocean
39. Rani of Jhansi
40. The Jackal And The Wardrum
41. The Lord of Lanka
42. Draupadi
43. Monkey Stories
44. Subhas Chandra Bose
45. Birbal The Wise
46. Vali
47. Garuda
48. Rabindranath Tagore
49. Tales of Shiva
50. Sati And Shiva
51. Tulsidas
52. Tansen
53. Jackal Stories
54. Elephant Stories
55. Deer Stories
56. Choice of Friends
57. Birbal The Witty
58. Birbal The Clever
59. Birbal The Just
60. How The Jackal Ate The Elephant
61. Crows And Owls
62. The Brahmin And The Goat
63. Rana Pratap
64. Shivaji
65. Drona
66. Surya
67. Indra And Shachi
68. Vikramaditya
69. Malavika
70. Dasharatha
71. Dhruva And Ashtavakra
72. Ancestors of Rama
73. Jataka Tales : Bird Stories
74. Jataka Tales: The Magic Chant
75. Jataka Tales: The Giant And The Dwarf
76. Jataka Tales: The Mouse Merchant
77. Harischandra
78. Kesari The Flying Thief
79. Madhvacharya
80. Birbal The Inimitable
81. Raman The Matchless Wit
82. Mahabharata
83. Panchatantra : The Greedy Mother-In-Law
84. Gopal And Jester
85. Panchatantra : The Dullard And Other Stories
86. Jataka Tales : Stories of Wisdom
87. Birbal The Genius
88. Guru Gobind Singh
89. Krishna And Shishupala
90. Guru Nanak
91. The Symantaka Gem
92. Ghatotkacha
93. The Pandavas In Hiding
94. Mahavira
95. Sri. Ramakrishna
96. Raja Bhoja
97. Tales of Shivaji
98. Vikramadityas Throne
99. Vishwamitra
100. Kalidasa
101. Tales of Saibaba
102. Akbar
103. Prithviraj Chauhan
104. Padmini
105. Rani Durgavati
106. A Bag of Gold Coins
107. Bhagat Singh
108. Friends And Foes: Animal Tales From The Mahabharata
109. Ravana Humbled
110. Babasaheb Ambedkar
111. Urvashi
112. Soordas
113. Jataka Tales : True Friends
114. Jataka Tales : Stories of Courage
115. Jataka Tales : Tales of Misers
116. Jataka Tales : The Hidden Treasure
117. Birbal To The Rescue
118. Jataka Tales : Nandi Vishala
119. Hitopadesha: How Friends Are Parted
120. Udayana
121. Tiger And The Woodpecker
122. Kabir
123. Dayananda
124. Battle of Wits
125. The Pandava Princes
126. Harsha
127. Ramana Maharshi
128. Uloopi
129. Rana Sanga
130. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
131. Vidyasagar
132. Tales of Maryada Rama
133. Chandragupta Maurya
134. Amrapali
135. Krishnadeva Raya
136. Yayati
137. King Shalivahana
138. Krishna And The False Vaasudeva
139. Paurava And Alexandar
140. Gopal And The Cowherd
141. Shah Jahan
142. Ratnavali
143. Gandhari
144. Lokamanya Tilak
145. Pandit And The Milkmaid And Other Tales Told By Ramakrishna
146. Lal Bahadur Shastri
147. Samudra Gupta
148. Tales From The Upanishads
149. Adventures of Baddu And Chhotu
150. Aruni And Uttanka
151. Jayadratha
152. Tales of Balarama
153. Ananda Math
154. Adi Shankara
155. Vasantasena
156. Jahangir
157. Devi Choudhurani
158. Ajatshatru
159. Kacha And Devayani
160. The Learned Pandit
161. Aniruddha
162. King Kusha
163. The Deadly Feast
164. Kannagi
165. Bikal The Terrible
166. The Acrobat
167. Ashwini Kumars
168. The Golden Mongoose
169. The Cowherd of Alawi
170. The Priceless Gem
171. Ayyappan
172. Vasavadatta
173. Mangal Pande
174. Rana Kumbha
175. Magic Grove
176. Veer Savarkar
177. Fa Hien
178. Amar Singh Rathor
179. Tanaji
180. Bahubali
181. Lachit Barphukan
182. Chand Bibi
183. Chandra Shekhar Azad
184. Panna And Hadirani
185. Bimbisara
186. Tripura
187. The Legend of Lalitaditya
188. Hiuen Tsang
189. Veer Hammir
190. Jayaprakash Narayan
191. Guru Tegh Bahadur
192. Nahusha
193. The Historic City of Delhi
194. Chandrahasa
195. Ram Shastri
196. Jagadis Chandra Bose
197. Jawaharlal Nehru
198. Noor Jahan
199. Nachiketa
200. Tales of Yudhisthira
201. Jallianwala Bagh
202. Bappa Rawal
203. Sakshi Gopal
204. The Tiger Eater
205. Subramania Bharati
206. Jagannatha of Puri
207. The Fearless Boy
208. The Celestial Necklace
209. Andhaka
210. The Fools Disciples
211. The Queens Necklace
212. Ramanuja
213. The Adventures of Agad Datta
214. Baladitya And Yashodharma
215. Basaveshwara
216. Chandralalat
217. Kapala Kundala
218. Rash Behari Bose
219. Megasthenes
220. Jnaneshwar
221. Bagha Jatin
222. Sultana Razia
223. Ranjit Singh
224. Raja Raja Chola
225. Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das
226. Baji Rao I
227. Shrenik
228. Ellora Caves
229. Swami Chinmayananda
230. Ghanshyamdas Birla
231. Banda Bahadur
232. J.r.d Tata
233. Kalpana Chawla
234. Jamsetji Tata
235. Zarathushtra
236. Durgadas
237. Guru Arjan
238. Tipu Sultan
239. Shankar Dev
240. The Prince And The Magician
241. Chokha Mela
242. Tapati
243. Sher Shah
244. Sea Route To India
245. The Rani of Kittur
246. Velu Thampi
247. Rani Abbakka
248. Kunwar Singh
249. Beni Madho And Pir Ali
250. Tachholi Othenan
251. Vidyut Chora
252. Indra And Vritra
253. Roopmati
254. Babur
255. Subhadra
256. Sukanya
257. Pradyumna
258. Prabhavati
259. Pareekshit
260. Agastya
261. Parashurama
262. Hemu
263. Bhanumati
264. The Parijata Tree
265. Purushottam Dev & Padmavati
266. Sambhaji
267. The Pious Cat
268. The Pig And The Dog
269. Ahilyabai Holkar
270. Dhola And Maru
271. Albert Einstein
272. Marie And Pierre Curie
273. Kanwal And Kehar
274. Hothal
275. Chennamma of Keladi
276. Kochuni
277. Hakka & Bukka
278. The Prophecy
279. The Lost Prince
280. The Silent Teacher
281. Mother Teresa
282. Andher Nagari
283. Manduka- The Lucky Astrologer
284. The Miraculous Conch
285. The Golden Sand
286. The Clever Dancer
287. The Green Demon
288. The Mystery of The Missing Gifts
289. The Secret of The Talking Bird
290. Sundari
291. Sharan Kaur
292. Satwant Kaur
293. Sukhu And Dukhu
294. Shantala
295. Prince Jivaka
296. Kumanan
297. The Adventures of Pratapan
298. Manonmani
299. Raj Singh
300. Durgesh Nandini

Special Issues:
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Bhagawat - The Krishna Avatar
3. Dasha Avatar
4. Jesus Christ              
5. Mahabharata (Set of 3 Books)
6. The Indus Valley Adventure
7. The Story of the Freedom Struggle
8. Temples of India - Vaishno Devi, Konark, Tirupati
9. Tulsidas' Ram Charit Manas
10. Poet-Saints of India - Tukaram, Tyagaraja, Narsinh Mehta


The following titles are not included in the collection : 
602 The Quick Witted Birbal
679 Swami Pranavananda
769 Valmiki
774 Hari Singh Nalwa
775 Bidhi Chand
779 Jasma of the Odes
782 Sahasramalla
783 The Bridegroom's Ring
784 The Rainbow Prince
785 Thugsen
786 The March to Freedom - 2: A Nation Awakes
787 Balban
788 Dara Shukoh & Aurangzeb
789 Humayun
790 Ekanath
791 Guru Har Gobind
792 Narayana Guru
796 The King in a Parrot's Body
801 (Title Unavailable)
813 Marthanda Varma
814 Kadambari
815 Veer Dhaval
816 The Elusive Kaka 

Thanks to above list by Santosh Shenoy

See Also :
Flipkart site (with reviews) : http://www.flipkart.com/ack-complete-collection-300-single-titles-10-special-issues/p/itmdcwf3sxv8y7yu?pid=9788184829396
ACK Site : http://collections.amarchitrakatha.com

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