Enid Blyton’s Famous five with an Indian head
Remember Famous five? Read on…
Sixty six years after British author Enid Blyton unveiled her Famous Five series before adoring children the world over, the fictional adventurers have been updated for a new generation and with a new leader – Jo , an Anglo-Indian.
In the new version, Jo – short for Jyoti – is the team leader. She is the daughter of George , short for Georgina Kirrin , the tomboy of the original series.
I’ve had immense fascination for these novels as a kid, a story with siblings, cousins -all children, with a pet dog out an adventure. Universal appeal. I still remember our own gang – myself, Bharath, TVK Prasad, his brother Santosh, their dog trying to recruit members for our own club. We even had an inauguration party and a story that I wrote for enactment in skit that never happened, the story eventually got published in Tinkle holiday digest.
sigh! First paycheck of 105 Rs/- in 1996.
