National Typography Day 2011
Senior Visualiser from Karadi Tales, Vandana Shah, attended the typography workshop at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, conducted earlier this month. Here’s a report from her on her experiences! Day 1 began with registration at the entrance of NID. We received welcome kits in the form of vernacular paper bags, making it a creative beginning…
I’m Just Like You
Have you heard the Karadi Rhyme ‘I’m Just Like You’? If you haven’t you should! Here’s a selection of videos of children getting together to perform the song for various occasions. These kids are totally adorable! First, here’s a video from the Independence Day celebrations in 2010 as celebrated at LB Shastri Nagar, Bangalore with…
Illustrator-Hunting
So the good news is that we have lots of projects lined up for the coming months and they’re all very, very exciting indeed. The better news is that we’re very actively looking for illustrators for all of these projects. So here’s the quick update on the projects: (1) A 4-part series of picture books…
March 2011
Remembering Uncle Pai
At Karadi Tales and Amar Chitra Katha, we mourn deeply the loss of Anant Pai – Uncle Pai, as we knew him. He was the visionary behind Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle and he deeply inspired several publishing houses in the country including Karadi Tales. For those of us who grew up on his creations,…
Bookaroo 2010 – photos
It’s a little late, but we figured it’s better late than never! Here are some photos from the art sessions conducted by Malavika P. C. at Bookaroo in November 2010!
An Interview with Shobha Viswanath
Looking for writers for our new Animated Shorts project
Karadi Tales is developing a series of short animation films based on the exploits of Suppandi and Shikari Shambu. We’re looking for writers who are familiar with these characters, and can develop existing comic sketches into scripts for a 3-minute animated short format. We’re looking for a good creative writer with a wacky sense of…