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292 So many treats! But it's not even my birthday!

Oh, I'm just trying something new, Your Majesty.

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DIGEST Wall of Honour................................................................................. 7 Tantri the Mantri: New Age Nuisance........................................... 8-13 Alicia Souza's Myth Buster ............................................................. 14 Super Sleuth Mystery IX: The Trophy Perplexity ......................... 15-20 Super Sleuth VII Winners ................................................................ 21 Two Many Cooks....................................................................... 22-24 Bob the Bacterium and How He Met His End .............................. 25-30 Little Suppandi: First Aid Flop......................................................... 31 Today's Junk, Tomorrow's Treasure........................................... 32-36 Digest Times .................................................................................. 37 Explorer: The Cat ...................................................................... 38-42 Defective Detectives: The Conspiracy ......................................... 43-48 Outsmarting the King ................................................................ 49-50 The Astronomical Daydreams of Galileo: Dreamers........................... 51 (Extra) Ordinary Inventors ......................................................... 52-53 It Happened to Me 2! ................................................................. 54-55 What's in a Word?..................................................................... 56-57 Invent-A-Word ............................................................................... 58 Caveman Capers: Fowl Means .................................................... 59-64 Caveman Classes ............................................................................ 65 What Were They Thinking? ....................................................... 66-67 Open Letter to Subjects ............................................................. 68-69 So, You Think You Can Prank?.................................................. 70-74 Reader of the Month winner ....................................................... 75-76 Feedback Form.......................................................................... 77-78 Tinkle Classics Intro........................................................................ 79 Tantri the Mantri: Picture Perfect .............................................. 80-83 The Clever Farmer..................................................................... 84-86 Nasruddin Hodja: Saved by an Oath ................................................ 87 Adventures of Kasperle .............................................................. 88-93 Kalia the Crow: The Mud-Pack Trap .......................................... 94-97 Suppandi: Holding Comfortably....................................................... 98

Dear friends, There was a time when I hated eating vegetables. I found them gross, awful and completely unnecessary. I also disliked butter. I found it too yellow, greasy and smelly. It was another matter altogether that I hadn’t eaten any of them even once! I would avoid vegetables and butter at any cost. I would squirm if they were on my plate, or make faces, and sometimes throw a tantrum. My mother tried everything from sweet talk to threats, but nothing worked. One day, at the dinner table, my father saw me stabbing away at the brinjal on my plate without putting a morsel in my mouth, and very patiently said, “How would you behave if this brinjal was a person you had never met?” I couldn’t understand what he was trying to say, but I was intrigued. He went on— “If you’ve never tried brinjal before, how would you know if you liked it or not? Think of it as meeting someone for the first time. Would it be right to assume the person is good or bad without even saying hello to them?” For some reason, my dad’s explanation got through to me. And guess what? I tried the brinjal. What’s more, I liked it! It even became my favourite vegetable. From then on, I began trying everything without judging it first. I began liking other vegetables. I tried butter too and didn’t like it so much. But this time, I made up my mind after eating it. New experiences in life are like butter and vegetables. So long as the experience isn’t dangerous, give it a go without judgement. You never know, you might just find your next favourite thing to do! Shriya Corrigendum: There were some errors in the feature ‘Tinkle Sports Camp’ in Tinkle Digest 291, including the definitions of the two types of spin bowling which were reversed. We apologize for these errors.

TAKE A CHANCE THIS MONTH AND TRY SOMETHING NEW—IT MIGHT JUST CHANGE YOUR LIFE, OR MAYBE EVEN THE WORLD! ENJOY STORIES ABOUT RISK, BOLD EXPERIMENTS AND CREATIVITY IN THIS ISSUE OF TINKLE DIGEST. HAPPY EXPERIMENTING! A vandal ruins the awards of a rising sports star in a new Super Sleuth Mystery this month. Put on your detective hat and resolve The Trophy Perplexity, Page 21-26

The genius of William Shakespeare is revealed in the many words he invented for the English language, as well as in his clever ways of Outsmarting the King, Page 64-68 Grunk and Duh embark on one of their many Caveman Capers as they are challenged to catch a notoriously elusive jungle fowl in Fowl Means, Page 81-86

Tantri the Mantri The rotten schemes of an evil minister who is always attempting to overthrow his king, Hooja.

Little Suppandi The childhood exploits of Tinkle’s most beloved simpleton.

Wall of Honour Here are the Tinkle stars of the month!

The Defective Detectives A loony detective duo that manages to solve cases despite fumbles and mess-ups.

Caveman Capers The life and times of a brilliant caveman inventor and his dim-witted assistant.

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Galileo A small puppy with an astronomical imagination who daydreams of being larger than life.

TANTRI the MANTRI: New Age Nuisance Writer Dushyant S.

Pencils & Inks Vineet Nair

Colours Akshay Khadilkar

Extra sugar for diabetes, extra oil for cholesterol and double dessert for obesity… perfect!

Letters Pranay Bendre

Dinner is served, my king!

Oh! That’s just how I like it! Your husband ruins my boy! Look how fat he’s made him with this diet!

Well, His Highness stresses out Tantri too! All night he tosses and turns, muttering in his sleep.

A month of rejuvenation at a mountain retreat!

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Perfect!

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Hoki, look at this…

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And so-

Greetings, brothers! Welcome to The Temple of Body and Soul. We hope your month-long stay is transformational.

Wow, this place looks beautiful! Are we in time for lunch?

Ha-ha! Yes, you are, brother. Follow me. ButWhat’s this? Where’s all the real food?

This is a vegan* menu, brother. No animal was even touched to make this meal.

So, no kebabs for starters? No.

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No malai kulfi for dessert?

Nooooooo!

No.

*A way of life where a person does not eat or use animal products including milk and eggs

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but, Your Majesty, the food really is good if you just try it.

They’re killing me, Tantri! I won’t last a day here, let alone a month!

Gak! What are you saying Tantri?!

One month laterThank heavens! Take us home quick, driver!

You gotta slow down, Maj. Your chakras are going to misalign… Soon-

I’m Never doing that again!

So, Tantri, what have we missed? What’s on our agenda? Yoga.

If you foster negativity, it shall in turn foster you, Your Highness.

Yikes!

You’ve become a whole new man, Tantri. I’m not very happy about it... but if it helps you, good for you!

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Tantri’s latest avatar had people around the palace befuddledWhat’s wrong with him?

Instead of trying to kill Hooja, he’s improving his health!

why are we doing this, tantri?

That month in the mountains was life-changing, brother. We can’t live trapped in pettiness.

(Groan) I’m stopping for snacks. Men, bring in the snacks!

Hike?! Are you trying to kill me, Tantri?!

But-

No! No! Not these!

But you must eat them! You need energy for our morning hike tomorrow.

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That’s all in the past-I mean, in your mind, Your Majesty. Heh-heh. When will you be open to trying something new?

Next morning-

besides, How am I to get energy with health food?

Isn’t this the most wondrous sight? Stop it, Tantri! We’re not even 15 minutes outside Hujli! I’m taking a break.

Oh yes, come here, sweet peanut butter… yesssss...

How dare you! Especially when I packed a basket of fruits.

aaarrgh! NO. MORE FRUITS! h ch tc at na sn s

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GRRRR

OH dear.

SW IPE

WHAM

And thenI’m going back! You can’t make me do this!

p bum k kll u uN NK K Wait, Your Maje-

An hour laterDid I just knock myself out chasing for Hooja’s company? And did he try to hurt me?! That’s my job! I hurt him! Enough of this madness!

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And so, Tantri wait backTantri, this lunch is superb! Good to have the real you back!

Thank you, My Lord! Hope you enjoy the rat poison in it! Ha!

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the end?

Thomas Edison certainly created an electric light bulb but he wasn’t the first. Humphrey Davy, an English inventor, was responsible for first producing light with electricity. He built a basic electric battery which he connected to two carbon rods. This created an arc of electric light. Other inventors then attempted to improve Davy’s original invention. So when Edison came up with his light bulb, it was just a practical and affordable version of Davy’s original idea.

Invented by a Swiss chemist, Jaques Brandenberger, cellophane paper was originally supposed to be a cloth that repels liquid. Jacques tried to create such a cloth by spraying a liquid waterproof coating on viscose, a synthetic fabric. But this created a stiff fabric that couldn’t be used as a cloth. However, its coating easily came off and gave birth to a new transparent material—cellophane! Today, cellophane is used to package food, wrap candies and create adhesive tape, and also has industrial applications. Who knew the original invention would lead to a whole new invention!

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The Super Sleuth Mystery IX:

The Trophy Perplexity Writer Aparna Sundaresan

Pencils & Inks Avik Kumar Maitra

Colours Umesh Sarode

Vasudha Housing Society Butwas about to announce its Sportsperson of the Year award in a few daysWait until you see all the sports awards I have won for my society! I’m going to win Sportsperson of the Year!

Letters Pranay Bendre

WHAAAT! Somebody vandalized all my awards!

Akshay told his family and the president of his society’s club house what had happenedI’m sorry this happened, Akshay. We don’t usually lock the case since there’s no need for that kind of security. But from now on we will. In the meantime, you can take your trophies home and clean them.

But who did this? I have to know!

That’s very difficult to find out, since a lot of people visit the club house and there are no CCTV cameras.

Worry not, dear brother. I shall find the culprit behind this heinous crime! I shall question each and every person who visited the club house today!

That’s more than a hundred people, you idiot. Instead, why don’t you ask my fellow nominees? They’re all jealous of me and have the strongest reason to spite me.

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Errr yes. I can do that too.

And so, suspect no. 1, Leena was questioned firstIsn’t it true that you paint in your free time?

Yes.

And isn’t it true that you are jealous of Akshay? Aha! J’accuse*! You’re annoyed at Akshay AND you paint in your spare time, therefore you have vandalized his trophies!

Eh… not really. I’m more annoyed because he won’t shut up about winning the award. First, I don’t see how vandalizing his trophies will help me win the award. And second, I paint only with watercolours. This looks like oil paint.

Eh?

I think she’s telling the truth, sis. Hmm... we shall see about that!

*I accuse!

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Suspect no. 2, Sharad, was questioned nextYou! You knew you would lose the Sportsman of the Year award to Akshay, so you did this to spite him!

What? Are you nuts?!

I don’t have time to engage in these petty feuds! I’ve been busy helping my mother with her art exhibition. In fact, I should be with her right now, helping her hang her paintings at the venue. So if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be on my way.

Whoa! What’s with him?

Ha-ha-ha! Isn’t THIS one of your trophies, Akshay? What did you do? Ha-ha! You’re clumsier than you look!

Never mind him! What can you tell us about this, Harriet? I didn’t do it!

Harriet was suspect no. 3.

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