{"id":8317,"date":"2012-01-26T16:23:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T21:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/?p=8317"},"modified":"2012-01-26T16:28:42","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T21:28:42","slug":"ack-tribute-in-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/26\/ack-tribute-in-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"ACK tribute in NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/51PG5WhcPwL._SS500_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/51PG5WhcPwL._SS500_-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-8323\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/51PG5WhcPwL._SS500_-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/51PG5WhcPwL._SS500_-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/51PG5WhcPwL._SS500_.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/a>Almost a year after the passing of the <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/comic-riffs\/2011\/02\/rip_anant_pai_father_of_indian.html\">Father of Indian comics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anant_Pai\">Anant Pai<\/a>, the Asian American Writers&#8217; Workshop pays tribute in New York on February 16 to the comic series he created.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote><a href=\"http:\/\/aaww.org\/#16feb12\"><strong>Amar Chitra Katha: Monica Ferrell, Chitra Ganesh, Keshni Kashyap, and Himanshu \u201cHeems\u201d Suri of Das Racist<\/strong> <\/a>\n\nDoes your knowledge about the Ramayana come entirely from comics your mom brought you from Jackson Heights? Or are you a comic book fan interested in engaging with one of the bestselling comics in both Asia and the world? Party down with the Workshop\u2019s tribute to <strong>Amar Chitra Katha<\/strong>, the beloved Indian comic that\u2019s sold more than 90 million copies, often featuring lovelorn maidens, fearless saints, and mythical kings romping around a half-toned South Asian fantasia, tinted yellow, blue and green.<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><br>\nI&#8217;ve read the Ramayana and enjoyed the comic versions too. I&#8217;ll also admit that much of my knowledge of the Bible comes from the colorful, engaging Amar Chitra Katha comics. For more details on the event, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/aaww.org\/\">aaww.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost a year after the passing of the Father of Indian comics Anant Pai, the Asian American Writers&#8217; Workshop pays tribute in New York on February 16 to the comic series he created. Amar Chitra Katha: Monica Ferrell, Chitra Ganesh, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/26\/ack-tribute-in-ny\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,29,39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8317"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8324,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317\/revisions\/8324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}