THE GREAT CARTOONIST PRAN CREATED STORIES AND CHARACTERS THAT ARE DEEP ROOTED IN THE INDIAN TRADITIONS. MAJORITY OF THEM SEEM TO HAVE EMERGED OUT FROM TYPICAL INDIAN MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES. THEY SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF A HIGH VALUE SYSTEM AND GOOD BEHAVIOR WITH FELLOW BEINGS. ACCOMPANYING CHACHA CHOUDHARY LIKE A SHADOW IN ALL HIS MISSIONS, HIS PET DOG ROCKET ALSO SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THESE CHARACTERS.

TURNING THE COLOURFUL PAGES OF THE COMIC, UNKNOWINGLY WE STUDY THE LESSON OF HUMANITY AND LIFE SKILLS WHEN WE READ THE STORY OF ROCKET. HE WAS FOUND BY CHACHA CHOWDHURY ON THE STREETS LIKE ANY OTHER STRAY DOG. WHEN CHACHAJI ADOPTED HIM, HIS WIFE BINI CHACHI DID NOT SEEM TO LIKE THIS DECISION. ROCKET, WHO HAD LIVED A SHELTERLESS LIFE AND WAS STARVING, WAS MORE THAN HAPPY AND CONTENTED WHEN HE GOT A MEAGER LEFTOVER PORTION FROM SABU’S FOOD. ONE DAY SOME THIEVES BROKE INTO CHACHAJI’S HOUSE. ROCKET ENCOUNTERED THEM BRAVELY. HIS AGILITY AND PRESENCE OF MIND WAS SUFFICIENT TO MAKE HIM A PERSONAL FAVORITE OF BINI CHACHI AS WELL.

THIS AGILITY FETCHED HIM HIS NAME-ROCKET. HE IS THE ONLY DOG IN THE WORLD WHO IS ABSOLUTELY VEGETARIAN. HE VERY WELL UNDERSTANDS CHACHAJI’S SIGNALS. ON GETTING THE SLIGHTEST MESSAGES HE ATTACKS THE ENEMY LIKE A ROCKET. IN ALL THE MISSIONS CARRIED OUT BY CHACHAJI, IF SABU ADDS IN SPICE, THEN ROCKET PRESENCE PROVIDES THE TOPPINGS TO ENHANCE THE TASTE OF THE DISH.