These were the people that fascinated us through out our teens,. that is when they came into our book stands.Harvey comics was a magical name.
A kingdom of fun,eats,wit ,goodness conquering evil.
Before these cartoon characters were introduced into our life,
we were blessed with long hours of freedom once after the school was out and vacations started.
The beginning of holidays were marked for celeberation.
some of us were taken to cartoon movies,some of us were given indoor games like Trade,Monopoly andChess.
Each chose what he or she wanted to. Girls were more for Pallaanguzhi and playing with stones,sozhi .evenings were more fun,because that meant we will be allowed to get out of the house.
Every game included good physical activity.Where ever we were children played the same game. one group versus other.
No dashing cars or heavy vehicles to be afraid of,except for occasional cycles. Motorbike was unheard of until mid sixties.
That was the way we were., until the advent of comics.
Archie,Casper,Wendy,Lotta,Richie Rich and their friends made us more occupied with our time. Whatever Internet is bringing us today
was long available to youngsters through these books.
We could look through the pages and go into the world filled with plenty of wonderful adventures..
Beginning of sixties saw Kalki magazine bringing out chithirakkathaikaL.
One I remember vividly was Vijayapuri veeran.The hero was a very tall person taller than a normal boy. He would need a cot of very long length to sleep in. He would walk thru forests with his long strides and carry the people he wanted to help on his shoulders.If I am wrong about any of this fact please let me know.
some of you who happen across this podt may wonder why all the glory write up of yesteryears,decades.
Because of the simple telephone call from my daughter to send some reading materials for our grandson to read and enjoy the habit of being with books rather than the computer games
which are a little strain on the eyes. and more preoccupation with scoring and scoring more.
Hope I can find some of the books we saved long back and send it through.
I do not know whether these books are available as new editions.Atleast these pictures I could gather from google. for that I could ask them to do the same.
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Oh! Valli you are really taking me back to my school days when we all used to play hide and seek, police and thief.. remember such games... well, you can get some Enid Blyton books. They are lovely ones. I still read them. Ha..ha..
hi delphine,
yes they were wonderful days. but we always wanted to grow up didn"t we. ? that is the paradox.always longing for some thing you do not have at present. thank you for dropping in.you left out nancy drew.:-))
Oh Yes. I really love to read ur write ups. They are indeed great. Cool blog hey.
hi amma, I never knew you read comics as a teenager.:-))
and you can find somemore at the wooden cupboard upstairs,. yr son.
valli amma,
i aso remember the chithirakathaikal in aa.vee, kalki, dhinamani kathi etc., like jaminthaar makan,veera vijayan(his parents will tieup two cots for his sleep)leader mani in kannaan
yes TRC.
I remeber those beautifully decorated pots featured in that particular kathai.
it was so fascinating.
Leader Mani,Nangavaram village
some more stories written by I think AAR.VEE Sir.
we had those books for such a long time.
thank you for bringing out such a fine memory.
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