The Indian Institute of Cartoonists is celebrating its 200th cartoon exhibit as well as the release of the third edition of their flagship publication “CartoonistsIndia Annual 2024.” The exhibit will feature the work of cartoonist M.S. Ramakrishna whose work was published in “Shankar’s Weekly“, “Caravan“, and “Woman’s Era“. According to Kashmir Images, “CartoonistsIndia Annual 2024” […]
I’m surprised and a bit disappointed that more political cartoonists in Britain haven’t jumped on Robert Jenrick’s heartless order to paint over and remove welcoming cartoons for refugee kids at processing centers. It’s not simply that Jenrick has no pity on children. He’s apparently not even able to pick them out of the crowd. So […]
From the Times of India Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor of New York Times, wrote in a Facebook post: “The intent of the cartoonist, Heng Kim Song, was to highlight how space exploration is no longer the exclusive domain of rich, Western countries.” … Rosenthal said Heng “was in no way trying to impugn India, […]
Cartoonists Rights Network International writes about Kanika Mishra, an Indian women who was appalled at the response to the Delhi 2012 gang rape and the placement of blame on the woman afterward, who began drawing cartoons and sending them out through social media. ?I thought that if a minor girl who was allegedly raped by […]
Political cartoonist and activist Aseem Trivedi says he’ll be the Aam Aadmi Party candidate for congress if the party offers him the ticket. From CNN-IBN: Riding high on its outstanding performance in Delhi elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to field cartoonist-turned-activist Aseem Trivedi from Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency against Congress’ Sriprakash Jaiswal […]
The Republican Party of India has said it will take steps to remove Aseem Trivedi from the reality TV show Bigg Boss. Earlier this fall, Aseem was arrested and charged with sedition for drawing cartoons that insulted Indian national symbols and emblems. Aseem then announced he would be a contestant in “Bigg Boss” in an […]
Times of India is reporting that the Indian state government has decided to drop charges of sedition against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi. “The advocate general (AG), in his advice to the state government, has written that sedition charges slapped on the cartoonist should be dropped. Accordingly, the police have been instructed to make the changes in […]
Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was recently arrested and released for sedition for drawing cartoons “insulting” Indian national symbols and emblems, has agreed to be a contestant on an Indian reality TV show called Bigg Boss. The show, much like American show Big Brother where in contestants live together in a secluded home and then […]
I’m playing a bit of catchup on the news surrounding Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi who was arrested for sedition for cartoons depicting the Parliament building as a toilet and another featured Mother India about to be gang raped by a character labeled “corruption.” Aseem was released from jail on Sunday to a hero’s welcome after […]
The surrender and arrest of Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi on charges of sedition has become a big story in many publications here in the US. Aseem was scheduled to be here in the US at The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention to receive The Cartoonist Rights Network International Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award but […]
This year’s Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award winner (awarded by Cartoonists Rights Network International) Aseem Trivedi has agreed to surrender to police sometime in the next couple of days. He has been charged for sedition under a 2005 law that prohibits insulting Indian national symbols and emblems. Last December cartoons created by Aseem were displayed […]
Daryl Cagle is out and about, this time lecturing in Mumbai India: “Cartoons are a great barometer of freedom. If a cartoonist can draw the president, then that’s a free press” said noted American Political cartoonist Daryl Cagle. Daryl, currently the editorial cartoonist at NBC News, was in the city on Friday as part of […]
K. Shankar Pillai cartoon depicting Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the head of a panel drafting the Constitution, on a snail has caused a ruckus of major proportions in India. The Parliament, which deemed the cartoon an insult to the constitution and the Parliament and has ordered it removed from all books – including textbooks that have […]
Harish Yadav who goes by the pen name Mussaveer was arrested last week for drawing a cartoon about the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s refusal to wear a skull cap during the fast in Ahmedabad. He was arrested under the Indian Penal Code that punish for “deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings […]