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A cartoon as a miracle: Dodging censors one pen stroke at a time
June 27, 2025 6:21 am
Abu's iconic cartoon in The Indian Express, of President Fakhruddin Ahmed signing away ordinances from the presidential bathtub, left us wondering for a moment: Was Emergency revoked? If not, like “good cop, bad cop”, was there “good censor, bad censor”?
100 years of Disney: Catapulting cartoons to global fame
April 19, 2023 7:40 pm
With $40 in his pocket, producer Walt Disney made his way to Hollywood. 100 years and countless classic films later, he leaves behind an enduring, multi-billion dollar legacy.
All the Nation's Men
August 15, 2021 7:34 am
A selection of his cartoons by The Indian Express’s chief political cartoonist that are a primer to our journey through the country's democracy
Cat and mouse
April 21, 2020 11:32 pm
Animation loses an unusual talent with the death of Gene Deitch, who gave life to Tom, Jerry and Popeye on TV.
Watching cartoons can improve children's narrative skills and memory, says study
July 10, 2019 3:00 pm
The study analysed how narrative and non-narrative cartoons can develop narrative skills, moral reasoning, values and countervalues in children in mainstream and non-mainstream education.
R K Laxman, his iconic 'Common Man' and the threat that surrounds cartooning
November 27, 2015 7:15 pm
While the cartooning space is certainly under the threat of being completely wiped out, Laxman's style of cartooning appears to have laid the stones for practicing the art in mediums beyond newspapers.
Book Review: Life’s Like That
January 31, 2015 3:42 am
A study of handpicked Indian cartoons across generations that will be a treat for lovers of the contrarian art.
Charlie Hebdo attack: The Paris trap
January 09, 2015 11:53 am
Every response to the attack on ‘Charlie Hebdo’ seems to feed the perpetrators’ intent.
Charlie Hebdo
January 09, 2015 12:33 am
To frame it as gun vs free speech is deceptively simple. A response will need more courage, more wisdom.
Humour in the City
December 14, 2014 12:00 am
Through his cartoons, Paul Fernandes explores humour and what’s forgotten in the Bombay of a time past
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Political cartoons from Bengal (1950-70) reflect the socio-political milieu of the times
July 13, 2022 4:55 pm
Some of the works are by Sailo Narayan Chakraborty, Debiprasad Roy Choudhury, Kutty, Chandi Lahiri, Rebati Bushan and Amal Chakraborty
Karnataka Election 2018 through EP Unny's cartoons
May 16, 2018 6:23 pm
The high-voltage Karnataka assembly elections are over. EP Unny captures the different moods of the campaign through his cartoons. Let's have a look at some of them.
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