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, Sandeep Adhwaryu shows how a solutions-oriented outsourcing company has embarked on a mission to combat the issue of unemployment. The illustration is a satirical take on the case involving two Muslim men from Rajasthan’s Bharatpur who were murdered by cow vigilantes from Haryana.
Alluding to the murder of two Muslim men from Rajasthan in Haryana last week, Sajith Kumar explains how unlike the “old, rich, opinionated, and dangerous” billionaire George Soros, ‘young, poor and ignorant’ gau rakshaks pose no threat to Indian democracy.
Lauding social media users’ razor-sharp attention to detail, Satish Acharya illustrates how the public spat between an IAS and an IPS officer in Karnataka has overshadowed infighting in political parties in the state ahead of assembly polls to be held later this year.
Nala Ponnappa, too, alludes to the spat between IAS Rohini Sindhuri and IPS D. Roopa to depict the provision of gender-neutral bathrooms in the exclusive Karnataka civil servants’ club.
Alok Nirantar takes matters into his own hands by diving into an imaginary conversation between Union Home minister Amit Shah and his son (also BCCI secretary) Jay Shah about why K.L Rahul was included in India’s test squad despite his poor run of form.