
It is about a heaven without barbers A jealous queen Kidnapping – or should it be king-napping Akbar, and... ...The hanging of Birbal! All this in stories based around the witty and razor-sharp exchanges between Akbar and Birbal. The better known of these tales have acquired the status of legend. Celebrating the wisdom of Birbal
Author

Anant Pai popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and creator of Indian comics, in particular the Amar Chitra Katha series in 1967, along with the India Book House publishers, and which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters. In 1980, he launched Tinkle, a children's anthology, which was started under Rang Rekha Features, India's first comic and cartoon syndicate, that lasted till 1998, with him as the Managing Director. Today, Amar Chitra Katha sells about three million comic books a year, in English and more than 20 Indian languages, and has sold about 100 million copies since it inception in 1967 by Anant Pai, and in 2007 was taken over by ACK Media.