The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.
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Silence broken
Cartoonist Manjul takes a dig at former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s letter to PM Narendra Modi on the NDA government’s plans to set up a memorial for all prime ministers at the Teen Murti complex. During his 10-year tenure, Singh was often criticised for his silence on important matters.
Liar, Liar?
Congress president Rahul Gandhi said last week that the party was not involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots triggered by PM Indira Gandhi’s assassination. Cartoonist Satish Acharya evokes the infamous remark made by his father, former PM Rajiv Gandhi, about the riots — “When a big tree falls, the earth shakes” — to call him out.
Writer, rioter?
Mika Aziz also took a dig at Rahul Gandhi’s statement on the 1984 riots.
2019 is around the corner
Cartoonist Sandeep Adhwaryu comments on India’s urban-rural divide, signing off with a nod to the one arena where Bharat wields more power than India.
Gone are the days
RK Studio, an icon on India’s cinematic landscape, has been put on sale as the Kapoor family finds it economically unviable to rebuild it after last year’s fire. Satish Acharya weighs in.