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E P Unny
Chief political cartoonists with The Indian Express.
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What V S Achuthanandan meant to cartoonists – and what he should have to India’s opposition leadersSubscriber Only
July 24, 2025 17:25 IST
From Rahul Gandhi to Akhilesh Yadav and M K Stalin to Omar Abdullah, not a single player from the multiple parties that seek to build a country-wide alternative was present at his funeral
Thu, Jul 24, 2025
A cartoon as a miracle: Dodging censors one pen stroke at a timeSubscriber Only
June 26, 2025 17:14 IST
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”?
Fri, Jun 27, 2025
Ananda Vikatan row: If we get too touchy about cartoons, we will shrink our leaders’ space in historySubscriber Only
February 18, 2025 06:55 IST
Bill Clinton is remembered through a popular video that sums up his two-term presidency in 24 cartoons, not all equally unflattering.
Tue, Feb 18, 2025
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer: A natural nonconformistSubscriber Only
January 27, 2025 07:10 IST
In the constitutional democracy where Jules Feiffer functioned, cartoonists could offend the rulers and get away with it. But to question, interrogate or unsettle readers is a tricky business in a career driven by readership
Mon, Jan 27, 2025
E P Unny writes: When big newspapers play it safe, what happens to the political cartoon?Subscriber Only
January 08, 2025 07:02 IST
Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes’ departure from ‘The Washington Post’ might seem to be the end of the road for political cartoons, but the future may not be as dire as it seems.
Wed, Jan 08, 2025
From Maharashtra to Kerala, from CPM to BJP political parties are facilitating their own declineSubscriber Only
November 21, 2024 06:59 IST
In Palakkad, the three major parties were projecting candidates not to win but to pass the buck in case of defeat. One thing is clear. Kerala has busted some of the distance to Maharashtra. Its major parties are working towards their redundancy
Thu, Nov 21, 2024
After MGR, Jaya, who? ADMK battles with the legacy questionSubscriber Only
April 12, 2024 20:17 IST
Eight years after her death, Jayalalithaa's legacy remains severely disputed, with many claimants. The one to provide the kind of grand spectacle reminiscent of the former CM's days seems to be T T V Dhinakaran
Sat, Apr 13, 2024
It’s Kanimozhi all the way – through Ramanathapuram to ThoothukudiSubscriber Only
April 10, 2024 18:14 IST
Unlike 2019, where she faced a tough opponent in then state BJP chief, the DMK leader is up against relatively easier opponents this time
Thu, Apr 11, 2024
In Tamil Nadu, BJP rides on stormy petrel Annamalai in bid to disrupt Dravidian playSubscriber Only
April 08, 2024 17:02 IST
Caught in three-way contest in Coimbatore, Annamalai goes all out to connect with youth, even as both his DMK and AIADMK rivals gun for him
Tue, Apr 16, 2024
T M Krishna row shows how hard it is to weed out caste orthodoxy in Carnatic music todaySubscriber Only
March 23, 2024 08:10 IST
The institution managed to surpass an earlier Dravidian challenge without too much internalisation. The current opposition is more difficult to handle as it comes from within
Sat, Mar 23, 2024
In Telangana, reaching voters goes futuristic as flash mob sets the toneSubscriber Only
November 29, 2023 11:18 IST
This kind of a wayside event can fit into any hollow in a concrete jungle. What marks the show’s success is not the size of the crowd but for how long it waits: Time replaces space
Thu, Nov 30, 2023
Owaisi in his labyrinth: Canvassing in Old Hyderabad streets to live TV performanceSubscriber Only
November 28, 2023 21:46 IST
AIMIM's core strength is at municipal level and 'Owaisi Saab' spins it as a developmental plus with an appeal for its 'double engine' at local body and Assembly levels
Wed, Nov 29, 2023
Cong’s Telangana face Revanth Reddy takes centre stage amid street theatre, waiting crowdSubscriber Only
November 26, 2023 10:32 IST
Revanth is pitched against KTR, whose father KCR is being taken on by Cong's Delhi contingent – Kharge with help from 'RGPG (Rahul Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi) effect'
Mon, Nov 27, 2023
In Telangana, waiting for ‘brahmandam CM’ at a BRS rallySubscriber Only
November 23, 2023 14:00 IST
K Chandrashekar Rao begins his campaign post-lunch, but from a 'TV studio' in the BRS office tracking his day to party rallies rattling off his "brahmandam (magnificent)" achievements, the CM is everywhere.
Sun, Nov 26, 2023
E P Unny on Guardian sacking cartoonist: When the cartoon hurts moreSubscriber Only
October 20, 2023 07:00 IST
The Guardian sacked its longtime staff cartoonist Steve Bell for his drawing of Benjamin Netanyahu. But he has been no more of an offender than the best in the business
Fri, Oct 20, 2023
Namboodiri, the artist whose lines traced an arc of history, is no moreSubscriber Only
July 08, 2023 04:04 IST
He had uncanny recall. You only had to ask and he would sketch anyone he knew from the past, with no reference, purely from a well-archived memory. He would rewind to the 1960s, 70s or 80s to produce portraits of individuals or groups with precise vintage.
Sat, Jul 08, 2023
A post-pandemic note from ChennaiSubscriber Only
January 02, 2023 07:17 IST
Covid break served as a sabbatical to young artists. Results were visible during the Chennai music season
Mon, Jan 02, 2023
Rahul’s Yatra: Wanting on plans, banking on connect, an effort to see India ‘in slow motion’Subscriber Only
September 28, 2022 16:45 IST
The next leg is in Karnataka, which is when Rahul enters the BJP turf. That is when the national padyatra would well and truly begin
Thu, Sep 29, 2022
From Matoshree to Mein Kampf and back: What connects Uddhav Thackeray to Second World War cartoonist David LowSubscriber Only
August 01, 2022 20:19 IST
EP Unny writes: More than Sir David Low’s essential liberalism, Bal Thackeray acquired from him the craft. Ironically, it is his non-cartooning son Uddhav who moved closer to Low when he took the Shiv Sena into unchartered centrist waters in the company of the NCP and Congress
Wed, Aug 03, 2022
A cartoonist foresaw Hitler’s invasion of Poland. What about those working today?Subscriber Only
March 07, 2022 03:20 IST
It is a demoralised cartoonist who faces the war on Ukraine: Hardly the state of mind to sit back and reflect, leave alone predict.
Tue, Mar 08, 2022
The old city of Madras comes alive in Manohar Devadoss and Sujatha Shankar’s Madras InkedSubscriber Only
January 22, 2022 11:00 IST
An impressive collection of drawings and research make up this coffee-table book that brings together art and architecture
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
Can we joke about our holy cows? Alas, not yetSubscriber Only
December 24, 2021 03:15 IST
🔴 The Madras High Court may have upheld our ‘duty to laugh’, but it would be too much to expect lawmakers to concur
Fri, Dec 24, 2021
Defending the cartoonist’s right to ridiculeSubscriber Only
June 18, 2021 03:00 IST
E P Unny writes: How can an entire body of work cause offence, when cartooning is very much the art of the fleeting moment that leaves no scope for premeditation?
Fri, Jun 18, 2021
The World Citizen as boy next door: In Palakkad, Tharoor and TharoorismsSubscriber Only
April 02, 2021 02:54 IST
Ever since he joined politics back in 2009 as a Lok Sabha candidate for Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi has spoken to his home state in the language he is least fluent in, his mother tongue Malayalam.
Fri, Apr 02, 2021
In Palakkad, a not-so-rapid rath, selfie-eager crowds, and a ‘fit’ celebrity engineerSubscriber Only
March 29, 2021 01:04 IST
Last time, in the Palakkad Assembly seat, the BJP came second. Now with E Sreedharan as candidate, victory should be a metro ride away.
Mon, Mar 29, 2021Journalism of Courage
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