Cartoonist Abu Abraham's drawings will be displayed on an exhibition on the occasion of Independence Day He is well-known among the older generation and unknown among the youth. This exhibition is an effort to acquaint the youth with him, says Ayisha Abraham,daughter of late Abu Abraham,the legendary political cartoonist. Abraham had lived through India's finest and darkest political moments. Communalism,United Nations,Pakistan,Cold War,Vietnam,the Bangladesh war of 1971,the Emergency years and Mahatma Gandhi have diligently been 'cartooned' in memory by him. The exhibitions revisit these upheavals in the country and the world. Abraham's drawings have been curated by his film-maker daughter after his demise in December 2002. An exhibition for the same was organised first in Delhi where Abraham worked with The Indian Express from 1969 to 1981. Later his drawings have been exhibited in Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru. Pune is a politically driven place and I am looking forward to the exhibition, adds Ayisha who feels cartoons are a form of art for daily newspapers. It is worthy because it is printed. But,it loses its worth the next day. Cartoon is serious art and we should respect it, she feels. Ayisha hopes that Abraham's drawings will motivate and interest the youth intellectually. "Politics is made interesting with his cartoons." (The exhibition is being hosted by Openspace and Either Or from August 13 to August 19 at Either Or near Jehangir Hospital)
