Dinkan

Dinkan
ഡിങ്കൻ
Publication information
PublisherBalamangalam
First appearance1983[1]
Created byN. Somasekharan (concept)
Baby (design)
In-story information
SpeciesMouse
Place of originPankila forest
Supporting character ofMittu
Abilities
  • Superior strength
  • Enhanced senses
  • Flight
  • High endurance

Dinkan (Malayalam: ഡിങ്കൻ) is a fictional anthropomorphic superhero mouse who appears in an eponymous Malayalam comic story series in children's magazine Balamangalam.[2][3] Some modern day rationalists of Kerala use Dinkan to mock organized religion and religious intolerance.[4]

  1. ^ Kiran Tom Sajan DC Kochi (7 October 2012). "Pressure mounts for Dinkan's return". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. ^ Shevlin Sebastian (14 March 2016). "Playing the Cat and Super Mouse Game". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  3. ^ Lee, Lois; Bullivant, Stephen (17 November 2016). Oxford: A Dictionary of Atheism. Oxford University Press. Dinkoism. ISBN 9780192520135.
  4. ^ "You like to outrage? Learn from Kerala's religious group 'Dinkoism' targeting actor Dileep". 31 January 2016.