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'''Gardhab Das''' created by cartoonist brothers [[Neelabh Banerjee]] and [[Jayanto Banerjee]] was a comic section run in the Indian youth magazine [[Target (magazine)|Target]]. The main character Gardhab Das had a donkey face and was always depicted wearing a [[kurta]] and [[pajamas]]. His main trait was his singing or lack of it. He was a perpetually unemployed music teacher. Famously known for disturbing the peace with his vocals and his [[Pump organ|harmonium]], he was always at loggerheads with his landlord, being a penniless 'singer'. In various strips, he gets jobs as a siren for the fire department, as a weapon during a war, and he also manages to fight and get the better of people like Tike Myson, a play on [[Mike Tyson]] and [[Bruce Lee]]. He also trains the double of Mykill Packson ([[Michael Jackson]]) on his tour to India. His only weapon: his vocals and his harmonium. The name Gardhab itself means "donkey" in Sanskrit<ref>{{cite web |title=Animal Name in Sanskrit जानवरों के नाम संस्कृत में |url=https://www.sanatansanskrit.in/2022/03/animal-name-in-sanskrit.html |website=सनातन संस्कृत}}</ref> and Das is a common Indian [[surname]].<br />
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The strips were simplistic, and their appeal lay in the funky illustrations. This along with ''[[Detective Moochwala|Detective Moochhwala]]'' made Target a highly anticipated magazine for children all over India during the mid 1980s through till the early 1990s.<br />
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