The best Indian 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.
The lead cartoon of the day by Manjul illustrates the hurdles in the path of Narendra Modi as he attempts to win the 2019 general elections. Now that the opposition is finally uniting against the BJP and Sonia Gandhi is luring them in with dinners, Modi’s long jump to victory looks more difficult.
Ismail Lahari, a cartoonist from Indore, pokes fun at how the Facebook data breach has put people on edge about every ‘leak’ around them.
Arvind, in his cartoon titled ‘The only thing that is safe and secure’ pokes fun the Prime Minister’s marksheet from Gujarat University, that said Modi has done his Masters in ‘Entire Political Science’.
Cartoonist Irfan’s cartoon pokes fun at Modi’s statement that BJP MPs must have at least 3 lakh followers on social media, or risk losing tickets from the party to contest the next election.
Amal Chakrabarti in Sangbad Pratidin shows how emergency services in India like ambulances are excruciatingly slow and do not respond in time, sometimes leading to fatal consequences.
(‘Now whenever I see a leak, it looks like Facebook to me.’)
(‘PM Modi: BJP MPs should get 3 lakh followers, otherwise there will be no ticket’)
(‘I took the ambulance to here directly!’)