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According to Unny, Shankar's Weekly was the "homing ground for the second generation of Indian political cartoons". [6] Shankar allowed a variety of styles to function together despite himself being a very powerful leader with certainty for the craft. There was no common house style; a variety of personal styles were created by the cartoonists. [6]
This category is about editorial cartoonists also known as political cartoonists from India. Pages in category "Indian editorial cartoonists" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total.
Crocodile in Water, Tiger on Land often takes the form of satirical cartoon, taking critical shots to the Indian political system and calling out stereotypes and social injustice. The webcomic also points at "the sheer absurdity of modern life," using visual metaphors to communicate ideas, [ 1 ] such as a television set to represent the ...
Kesava Shankar Pillai (31 July 1902 – 26 December 1989), better known as Shankar, was an Indian cartoonist. He is considered the father of political cartooning in India. [1] He founded Shankar's Weekly, India's Punch in 1948.
He then showed a copy of the controversial cartoon that allegedly insulted the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution of India, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. In the cartoon, the former Prime Minister of India (Congress), Jawaharlal Nehru, holds a whip and along with Ambedkar is driving a snail, which represents the Indian Constitution ...
Banning cartoons and harassing cartoonists, though rare, is not unheard of in India. In 1987, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the editor of a weekly magazine was arrested and sentenced to three months of rigorous imprisonment for publishing a cartoon mocking politicians, according to a 2003 account in Frontline magazine.
In honor of the upcoming election on November 8th, (don't forget to cast your vote!) take a break from this election and see how those before us have expressed themselves about issues of the time ...
Aseem Trivedi (born 17 February 1987) is an Indian political cartoonist and activist, known for his anti corruption campaign Cartoons Against Corruption.He is a founder member of Save Your Voice, a movement against internet censorship in India.