The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.
The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
In this cartoon, Manjul suggests M.J. Akbar’s public reputation as a sexual predator will, quite literally, bring Prime Minister Narendra Modi down unless he decides to cut all ties and stay above water.
Lady Justice dressed in a sari heads to the Sabarimala temple to exercise her right to equality, only to be blocked by superstition, personified here as a mangy male devotee surrounded by other symbols of superstition.
Sandeep Adhwaryu makes a point on Dussehra to comment on how the combination of religion and politics is the perfect elixir to keep ‘Ravana’ alive forever.
As the 2019 campaigns begins, Modi’s eyes are shown here to be fixed on the promise of the Ram temple, with other pertinent issues pushed to the 2022 agenda. The cartoon comes after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s annual Vijay Dashami speech, where for the first time in 4 years, he said the Ram temple was essential for India’s unity.
Hemant Morparia mocks Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for his ambivalence on Sabarimala issue in Kerala.
An effigy of Ravan, a symbol of the rising petrol and diesel prices, wonders why no one is coming to burn him.