India’s low on happiness but things are looking up at Patna Junction

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

Sandeep Adhwaryu | Twitter @CartoonistSan

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 gives his take on India’s rank (126 of 150 countries) in the 2023 World Happiness Report, while referring to an incident from last week when pornographic videos were seen playing on TV screens at Patna Junction.

Satish Acharya | Twitter @satishacharya

Satish Acharya comments on Delhi Police’s action involving six arrest and registration of more than 100 FIRs in connection with around 2,000 posters — saying “Modi hatao, desh bachao (remove Modi and save the country)” — that appeared across Delhi.

Kirtish Bhatt | Twitter @Kirtishbhat

Kirtish Bhatt marks World Poetry Day, celebrated each year on 21 March, with his illustration showing an audience telling a poet, “How long will you continue to recite poems on poverty? Recite something on the big-shots of the share market every also…”

Alok Nirantar | Twitter @caricatured

Alok Nirantar showcases the logjam in Parliament over the treasury benches demanding an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the Opposition parties demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into allegations against the Adani Group.

Sajith Kumar | Twitter @sajithkumar

Sajith Kumar comments on the arrest of Kannada actor Chetan Kumar Ahimsa for a tweet in which he said that Hindutva, the political ideology, “is built on lies”.