15-457: [REDACTED] Look up ACK , ack , ack. , or ␆ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ACK or Ack may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Amar Chitra Katha , an Indian comic book series Technology [ edit ] Acknowledgement (data networks) ACK (TCP) , the control character used in
30-537: A packet Amsterdam Compiler Kit , a retargetable compiler suite and toolchain Transportation [ edit ] Acklington railway station (Station code: ACK), a rail station in the UK Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 , an early aircraft known as the "Big Ack" Nantucket Airlines or ACK Air, an American airline Nantucket Memorial Airport (IATA: ACK, FAA LID: ACK), an airport in
45-539: A quiz contest aired on Doordarshan in February 1967, in which participants could easily answer questions pertaining to Greek mythology, but were unable to reply to the question "In the Ramayana , who was Rama 's mother?". After quitting Indrajal Comics , Anant Pai started Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) by buying the rights for 10 American fairy tales such as Red Riding Hood , Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, Jack and
60-458: A year and had a peak circulation of about 700,000 a month. India Book House started to bring out at least one comic book a month by 1975, and sometimes as many as three. While Pai initially wrote the first few stories himself, he soon hired a core team of writers and editors, which included Subba Rao , Luis Fernandes and Kamala Chandrakant, who were responsible for the attempt at authenticity and balanced portrayal of history in comic books that became
75-594: Is an Indian comic book publisher , based in Mumbai , India . The company was founded in 1967 by Anant Pai . Most of its comics are based on religious legends and epics , historical figures and biographies , folktales and cultural stories. The comic series was started by Anant Pai in an attempt to teach Indian children about their cultural heritage. He was shocked that Indian students could answer questions on Greek and Roman mythology, but were ignorant of their own history, mythology and folklore. It so happened that
90-670: The Beanstalk and Pinocchio . The first Indian comic done and released in ACK was Krishna (serial number #11). The above story is the version reported by ACK itself. However, Outlook magazine presents a contradicting view, stating that the idea and proposal for Amar Chitra Katha was made by a Bangalore book salesman called G.K. Ananthram which led to the first Amar Chitra Katha comics being produced in 1965—in Kannada , not English. "The English ACK titles begin from number eleven because
105-546: The Transmission Control Protocol to acknowledge receipt of a packet Amsterdam Compiler Kit , a retargetable compiler suite and toolchain Transportation [ edit ] Acklington railway station (Station code: ACK), a rail station in the UK Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 , an early aircraft known as the "Big Ack" Nantucket Airlines or ACK Air, an American airline Nantucket Memorial Airport (IATA: ACK, FAA LID: ACK), an airport in
120-575: The US Other uses [ edit ] Assumption College, Kilmore , an Australian school Aka-Kora language (ISO 639-3: ack), an extinct Great Andamanese language TNK2 or ACK or ACK1, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TNK2 gene See also [ edit ] Ack Ack (disambiguation) Acknowledgment (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
135-469: The US Other uses [ edit ] Assumption College, Kilmore , an Australian school Aka-Kora language (ISO 639-3: ack), an extinct Great Andamanese language TNK2 or ACK or ACK1, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TNK2 gene See also [ edit ] Ack Ack (disambiguation) Acknowledgment (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
150-522: The earliest indigenous comic books in India, the Amar Chitra Katha series set a strong precedent, one which has dictated comics content and style for decades since". On the other hand, he noted the series' promotion of "nationalism", and lamented that "as the most widely published and read Indian comics, books from this series are the ones that most scholars [of Indian comics] have focused upon, to
165-621: The first ten were in Kannada," clarifies Ananthram. To Ananthram's satisfaction, the 1965 Kannada ACK venture was a great commercial success which led to Mirchandani in the head office in Mumbai pursuing the Amar Chitra Katha idea in English diligently. "They brought in Anant Pai" says Ananthram. "And he built a wonderful team and a great brand." By the late 1970s, it was selling 5 million copies
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195-562: The hallmark of Amar Chitra Katha. Writers like Margie Sastry, Debrani Mitra and C.R Sharma also joined the creative team of Amar Chitra Katha, with Anant Pai taking on the role of editor and co-writer on most scripts. The notable illustrators were Ram Waeerkar , who illustrated the very first issue of Amar Chitra Katha, Krishna , Dilip Kadam, C. M. Vitankar , Sanjeev Waeerkar, Souren Roy, C.D Rane, Ashok Dongre, V.B. Halbe, Jeffrey Fowler, Pratap Mullick and Yusuf Lien aka Yusuf Bangalorewala. American scholar Jeremy Stoll has noted that, "As
210-443: The title ACK . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACK&oldid=1195238133 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages ACK From Misplaced Pages,
225-475: The title ACK . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACK&oldid=1195238133 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Amar Chitra Katha Amar Chitra Katha ( ACK Comics )
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