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E P Unny
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To return to power, Kerala CPM banks on ‘Visual Vijayan Vote’Subscriber Only
March 25, 2021 03:55 IST
Kerala elections: The cumulative daily build-up of a reassuring chief-in-charge is what the party banks on as the state votes on April 6.
Thu, Mar 25, 2021
Cartoons in our times need not be blunt instruments. Message has to be clear, not loudSubscriber Only
November 03, 2020 04:00 IST
Charlie Hebdo that sees itself as politically left should have nothing against immigrants, but it has hurt them with the cartoon as a blunt instrument.
Tue, Nov 03, 2020
This Asterix moment: The world that came alive in the lines of Albert Uderzo speaks to us todaySubscriber Only
March 27, 2020 00:45 IST
Asterix and Obelix are no conquerors. They resist conquests. They would have coped with today’s lockdown more than the footloose Tintin and Captain Haddock, who would have sworn his head off.
Fri, Mar 27, 2020
The Sudhir Dar cartoon neither screamed nor lost poiseSubscriber Only
November 27, 2019 00:45 IST
Dar Saab reduced the day’s news to an everyday situation and located it firmly in the capital’s backdrop, giving the reader multiple prompts to relate to the content.
Wed, Nov 27, 2019
The Kerala connection: EP Unny decodes the state’s strong bond with political cartoonsSubscriber Only
October 20, 2019 05:33 IST
As the Malayalam cartoon turns 100 this month, a look back at its glorious culture of standing up to power, with tongue firmly in cheek
Sun, Oct 20, 2019
Aspect ratioSubscriber Only
July 06, 2019 00:44 IST
A critical look at independent India’s early political cartooning reveals casteism, and BR Ambedkar is always the shortest man in the frame
Sat, Jul 06, 2019
At wit’s end: When the cartoon is turned into a target, democracy becomes a jokeSubscriber Only
May 15, 2019 00:33 IST
Morphing done with graphic software like Adobe Photoshop, is part of the current practice of cartooning the world over today. It is no more offensive than the hand-done caricaturing by the conventional practitioner.
Wed, May 15, 2019
Amid portable votes and a new challenger, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan campaigns for two electionsSubscriber Only
April 21, 2019 04:30 IST
Forget the metaphor, the magnitude is real. It is a battle for national relevance and no less a prequel to Kerala’s assembly election in 2021. If there is anything worse than the electoral mood swing between two neat fronts, there is a third within spoiling distance - the BJP.
Tue, Apr 23, 2019
In this Tamil Nadu seat, the fight is also over Jaya’s legacySubscriber Only
April 14, 2019 05:07 IST
The buzz in Mettu Neerathan village is that the whole state is watching Theni for signs. Once the voters here show the way, Jaya loyalists statewide would sense it, swing in sync and the winner would take all.
Sun, Apr 14, 2019
In Sivaganga, father, son and a confident challengerSubscriber Only
April 12, 2019 01:01 IST
Armed with cellphones, these party men are focused on immediate rival AIADMK, which they think is in terminal decline, hastened by T T V Dhinakaran, who, on his part, is expected to helpfully split the Jaya legacy vote.
Fri, Apr 12, 2019
Lok Sabha polls: All are welcome to the big fight as Kanimozhi fights the doctorSubscriber Only
April 04, 2019 00:17 IST
Kanimozhi, poet, journalist and two-term member of Rajya Sabha, is in a keen contest against Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan.
Sun, Apr 14, 2019
In Tamil Nadu’s starless wars, a sun and assorted satellitesSubscriber Only
April 02, 2019 00:44 IST
The mother of all alliances this time is the motherless AIADMK’s. Minus Jayalalithaa, who projected herself as PM in the 2014 elections, the ruling AIADMK is seen by critics as BJP’s satellite.
Tue, Apr 02, 2019
My friend AyyappaSubscriber Only
October 26, 2018 00:45 IST
The Sabarimala legend fires a child’s imagination — it has adventure, spectacle, mystery and magic. The current controversy threatens the bond between the hill god and the child.
Fri, Oct 26, 2018
Far from Marina, in the rain, paying homage to KalaignarSubscriber Only
August 09, 2018 04:56 IST
Kalaignar is no mere son of the soil. World Tamil leader is how he is described by the few posters you see with some text. The emphasis is on language that flows, not terrain that binds.
Thu, Aug 09, 2018
Editor Who Saw The FutureSubscriber Only
April 19, 2018 01:42 IST
As the country, and journalism, changed, TVR Shenoy never seemed overtaken
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
Subversion on the SandsSubscriber Only
February 18, 2018 00:04 IST
At a fishing settlement in Chennai, an annual festival continues to bring together an unusual range of art forms.
Sun, Feb 18, 2018
Cartoon-Mukt Tamil Nadu?Subscriber Only
November 07, 2017 01:15 IST
Politicians know the power of the visual. Hence, the arrest of cartoonist Bala
Tue, Nov 07, 2017
At protests on Kerala border, hear T-word (Tamil) on every lipSubscriber Only
January 21, 2017 04:31 IST
Political parties are desperately photoshopping the bull image into hoardings, only to invite measured vandalism.
Sat, Jan 21, 2017
Balamuralikrishna: The musician who proved himself a bit too early in lifeSubscriber Only
November 24, 2016 00:00 IST
Despite Chennai’s ostracisation, Balamuralikrishna appeared teasingly in sarkari promos as the sole representative of classical music from the south
Thu, Nov 24, 2016
Nabarangpur, a Pattachitra: Many dichotomies of India’s poorest districtSubscriber Only
August 14, 2016 00:22 IST
There are schools now but no 'masters'; few jobs but many gods.
Sun, Aug 14, 2016
Coast to coast: Travelling through the poll-bound southern statesSubscriber Only
May 08, 2016 01:21 IST
Some election! Coast to coast, not one confident player.
Sun, May 08, 2016
Hint of a secret in Kalaignar’s largely set scriptSubscriber Only
April 29, 2016 03:27 IST
On his 13th contest to the assembly, Kalaignar Karunanidhi delivers a speech measured even in its excess with enough elements to evoke.
Tue, Jan 23, 2018
Kerala: Where Coke dreams went out with a fizz, only the voter remembersSubscriber Only
April 26, 2016 02:20 IST
More than a soft drink, Coke meant jobs and a good life to this backward farming belt where the soft drink major set up a bottling plant in 2002. In just four years career dreams were gone with the fizz.
Tue, Apr 26, 2016
Kerala assembly elections: Far away from Nitish’s Bihar, BJP isn’t the common rival to unite againstSubscriber Only
April 19, 2016 02:09 IST
In two Kerala seats, Congress and Left contestants assess politics, religion and BJP’s spoiler value
Tue, Apr 19, 2016
Sudhir Tailang (1960-2016): A structured cartoonist who made bold switchesSubscriber Only
February 07, 2016 01:51 IST
It wasn’t easy to meet Sudhir Tailang socially on a working day. He took his time, some 10 hours he said, before he turned in the day’s drawing by 7 pm.
Mon, Feb 08, 2016Journalism of Courage
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