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 the lead cartoon, Sandeep Adhwaryu in The Times of India shows that the Modi-Xi bilateral talks in China may not be what they seem. While Chinese President Xi appears to be extending a hand of friendship towards India, Modi cannot help but think of the Chinese dragon’s forked tongue; implying that there may be a dual motive behind this camaraderie.
Alok Nirantar’s cartoon highlights another significant change in international politics. North Korea’s ‘supreme leader’ Kim Jong-un’s recent displays of diplomacy towards South Korea and the US have everyone questioning as to what inspired such change.
On Firstpost, Manjul pokes fun at Mamata Banerjee, CM of West Bengal, where panchayat polls are due in May. The cartoon says that Banerjee’s only solution to ‘EVM hacking’ is to make TMC the sole party on the machine, because any other party’s victory is impossible for her to believe.
Elections make for a cartoon goldmine, and Satish Acharya carries the theme forward in Mail Today by showing us the absurdity behind the BJP’s decision to give tickets in the Karnataka election to the tainted Reddy brothers, whose other brother, G Janardhan Reddy, is accused of involvement in a massive mining scam.
Lastly, Mansoor Naqvi in Dainik Bhaskar uses the recent Red Fort controversy as fodder for humour. He shows Narendra Modi painting over Red Fort as ‘Dal’ Fort, as Shah Jahan’s Red Fort was recently ‘adopted’ by the Dalmia Group at Rs 25 crore for five years.
