The national daily "The Hindu" has always featured the famous comic strip Calvin and HobbesЁЯТХ But I have begun to associate myself to it in my late 20s or early 30s only. ЁЯШЫ
Being the first in my family to go to an English medium school, purchasing and reading an English daily was never ever a thought. Always felt that English newspapers were meant for upper elite class ЁЯШО where my peer groups were second generation English learners ЁЯШЕ.
Even after newspapers began to catch its space during the course of higher education, I had always been reluctant to read Calvin and Hobbes ЁЯЩИ. I wonder WHY!!!! I could arrive at few absurd reasons:
(1) in newspaper, it is always in black and white, and most importantly in small fonts;
(2) always assumed that the language level would be hard;
(3) back then, thought it was meant for those elite KIDS and not to ones of my age!
I was wrong in almost all fronts!! Comic strip has more to do with pictures and less with fonts ЁЯСА. And language is far easier than what I used to read in Editorial page ЁЯШВ and above all, Calvin and Hobbes is for both adults and children!!! ЁЯСкЁЯШН
How adventurous it would be for kids to imagine a tiger toy becoming the best friend! Any kid would get its imagination widened to befriend its favorite animal ЁЯШ╗ And every kid and adult would see themselves in Calvin in one place or the other ЁЯШВЁЯШЖЁЯШЕ Truly fun-filled! and rarely tears-filled too! ЁЯШК
The strip effortlessly deals with the most basic yet the most difficult subject on earth "Philosophy" in the most entertaining and catchy manner! Be it anything and everything under the sky that concerns a child (from school to death) is stunningly depicted and captioned ЁЯШЗ
Lately, I find a lot of similarities between Calvin and Shin Chan ЁЯТЮ and I love both of them, of course Hobbes too ЁЯТЯ And my day doesn't end without them! ЁЯШШ
P.S.: I really wonder why my English teachers never made a mention of any comic strip which is always an easy and attractive way to approach the language!!!! ЁЯШЮ
