Celestial bodies need to be fed, and Delhi tourists arrive to enjoy Kashmir ‘freeze’
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Celestial bodies need to be fed, and Delhi tourists arrive to enjoy Kashmir ‘freeze’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

   

R Prasad | Facebook

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.

In today’s featured cartoon, R Prasad references the fact that Saturn is now the new ‘moon king’, and symbolises hungry people amid the economic slowdown as ‘celestial bodies’ calling out to corporate bodies for help.

 

Sajith Kumar | Deccan Herald

Sajith Kumar satirises the over two-month-long ‘freeze’ in Kashmir by depicting a tourist from Delhi arriving to enjoy it.

Kirtish Bhatt | BBC News Hindi

Kirtish Bhatt wonders if the ‘evil eye’ lemons used to ward off negativity from India’s newly acquired Rafale jet might also ward off its economic woes.

 

Manjul | Firstpost

Manjul also takes a dig at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s ‘shastra pooja’ (weapon worship) in France.

 

Mika Aziz | Twitter

Mika Aziz weighs in on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s Vijayadashami speech, in which he dismissed claims that India was suffering from recession, adding that a recession is only when the growth rate goes below 0 per cent.

Alok Nirantar | Twitter

Alok Nirantar takes a jibe at BJP’s Maharashtra election campaign, which has been playing on the scrapping of Article 370.