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Jimmy Zhingchak on Wikipedia

Ha! saw this during a wikipedia browsing session. Kinda made my day! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Zhingchak_(comics).
JZ was a real blast to write. I have fond memories of writing it. The character of Bhappi-da, the last of the DISCO gods is hands down my favorite ever, closely followed by Fukku Bhai from Mumbai Macguffin. Last I heard [...]

Jimmy Zhingchak is now a quiz question :)

As per fellow IIT KGP alumnus Pankaj Sethi, who pointed me to :  http://seattle.aidindia.org/chakraview

CNN/IBN on Jimmy Zhingchak – Agent of D.I.S.C.O.

More zhingchak… this time from CNN/IBN.
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Here is the Video Link on AOL video.

Excerpt from the article
Bring out the bell bottoms, pump up the disco music and prepare for a blast from the past – Jimmy Zhingchak-Agent of Disco is the latest superhero to dance his way into a graphic novel by UTV Spotboy [...]

D.I.S.C.O. in the D.N.A.

DNA (Daily News and Analysis) has posted a nice article about Jimmy Zhingchak – Agent of D.I.S.C.O. (thankfully they got the name right and it’s not typo’d as Jimmy Zhinchak ).
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Excerpt from the article :
The comic is replete with other Hindi film references, dialogues and situations: Mithun’s sidekick-turned-girlfriend is Agent [...]

Zhinchak or Zhingchak? :P

Well looks like lotsa folks are writing about Jimmy Z, but they have typo’d the title as “Jimmy Zhinchak” instead of Jimmy zhingchak. Who cares… a rose by any other name… blah blah…
but wait… google does differentiate… so here goes google foot print of Jimmy Zhingchak/Zhinchak
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=zhinchak+comics&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=zhingchak+comics&btnG=Search 
For those who googled for zhinchak [...]

E.T. hearts Zhingchak :)

No, not the one that wants to phone home, but Economic Times, one of India’s leading business daily’s has been swept up in the Zhingchak fever.
Here is the link

More Zhingchak

Well, Jimmy Zhingchak seems to be doing quite a boogey these days . Looks like there is a market after all for 80’s DISCO. Yeah behveee and aiee saala and all that.
It’s kinda a kicker for me since Jimmy Zhingchak (even the word Zhingchak itself) harks back to a simpler more ….ummm… zhinghcakier time [...]