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In today’s featured cartoon, Nala Ponnappa draws on the outrage over the use of a saffron-coloured bikini in a song in Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone-starrer Pathaan, which released Wednesday, while alluding to Patton — the 1970 biographical war film depicting the leadership displayed by US General George S. Patton in World War II.
Satish Acharya gives his take on Pathaan‘s run-ins with the Prasoon Joshi-led Censor Board in the backdrop of a Hindu seer’s decision to set up a ‘Dharma (religion) Censor Board‘ to “monitor the content of Bollywood films, serials, documentaries and web series”.
While referring to the ‘Beating Retreat‘ that marks the end of Republic Day celebrations in India on 29 January each year, E.P. Unny comments on the tug of war between the Supreme Court Collegium and the Union Ministry of Law and Justice.
Sajith Kumar, while referring to Bhagat Singh Koshyari expressing his wish to step down as governor of Maharashtra, comments on his controversial role in the early morning swearing-in of Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar in November 2019.
Alok Nirantar draws on Pakistan’s reliance on China to comment on a World Bank report suggesting that six million Pakistanis are currently facing acute food insecurity.
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