CHEERFUL, INTELLIGENT AND FUN LOVING,
I’M CALLED PIKLU THE CUNNING,
HUMMING, JUMPING AND LAUGHING,
WITH MY HAPPY SPIRIT, EVERYHING STARTS BUZZING.
SINCE TIMES IMMEMORIAL ANIMAL AND BIRD STORIES HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN ENTERTAINING CHILDREN BUT ALSO TEACHING THEM MORAL VALUES. UNDERSTANDING THE LOVE AND ATTRACTION THAT CHILDREN FEEL TOWARDS NATURE CAUSED CARTOONIST PRAN TO CREATE AN ENTIRE ANIMAL WORLD SERIES. THOUGH THE CHARACTERS OF THIS SERIES ARE ANIMALS LIVING IN THE JUNGLE BUT THEY ARE NO LESS THAN HUMANS IN ANY WAY.
PIKLU IS A RABBIT WHO CAN BE SEEN EVERYDAY CARRYING A LUNCH BOX, A BAG HANGING ON HIS SHOULDER GOING TO HIS OFFICE BY AN OLD DILAPIDATED TWO-WHEELER EVERY DAY. HE LIVES THE LIFE OF A TYPICAL MIDDLE CLASS MARRIED INDIVIDUAL. HE HAS A WIFE WHO IS FULL OF COMPLAINTS AND TAUNTS. AT THE SAME TIME HIS MISCHIEVOUS SCHOOL GOING SON AND HIS FUTURE IS A PERENIAL CAUSE OF WORRY FOR PIKLU. HE SEEMS TO BE RUNNING ALL THE TIME TO FULFILL HIS RESPONSIBILITIES. WHENEVER HE IS ABLE TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME FREE TIME ON A SUNDAY, HE LOVES TO GO ON A PICNIC WITH HIS FRIENDS JUMBO THE ELEPHANT, DHONDU THE MONKEY, GIRAFFE AND BEAR.
NOT EVERYONE IN THE JUNGLE IS PICKLU'S FRIEND. AT TIMES HE'S LEFT FACE TO FACE WITH ENEMIES LIKE THE FIERCE CAT, BULLDOG, WOLF, AND FOX . THEY TRY TO SNATCH PIKLU’S MONEY, SCOOTER, AND OTHER BELONGINGS. AT TIMES EVEN DANGEROUS VILLAINS LIKE DON LION AND CHEETAH ALSO BECOME A THREAT TO HIS LIFE AND BLOCK HIS PATH. BUT WHATEVER BE THE SIZE OF THE PROBLEM, IN THE FIGHT BETWEEN STRENGTH AND INTELLIGENCE IT IS ALWAYS PRESENCE OF MIND THAT TEACHES A LESSON TO ALL THE ENEMIES. HENCE, PIKLU IS ABLE TO TEACH A LISTEN TO EVERYBODY AND COME BACK HOME FIT AND FINE.