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, Nala Ponnappa pokes fun at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stated intent of ‘putting India first‘, with reference to his ongoing trip to the US.
Satish Acharya compares PM Modi and Yogi Adityanath to the fictional character Pinocchio, whose nose grew longer every time he lied, for their respective statements about India being a ‘Vishwa Guru’ and ‘Uttar Pradesh being a model for the world‘.
E.P. Unny mocks the Taliban’s claims of an inclusive regime which has no participation of women in government and media, by depicting an Afghan censor watching Chinese TV on which Narendra Modi and Joe Biden are joined by US Vice-President Kamala Harris. The Taliban regime has called China a ‘trustworthy friend‘.
Sajith Kumar depicts the irony in the Karnataka assembly passing a bill to ban all forms of online gambling, given its political history of horse-trading.
Kirtish Bhatt takes a swipe at the Centre informing Delhi High Court recently that PM CARES is not a government of India fund, and the amount collected by it does not go to the Consolidated Fund of India. He shows a politician clarifying to a journalist that on the one hand there are ‘anonymous donors’, and on the other, there can be anonymous donation-collectors too.