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E P Unny
Chief political cartoonist with The Indian Express.
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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, 2021
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 ratio
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
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