The best Indian cartoons of the week, chosen by senior editors of ThePrint. The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media and are credited appropriately.
Cartoons that feature in Straight Lines are not ranked and are listed by the day on which they were originally published. Lead cartoon by Satish Acharya on June 29.
Nine Years, Made Possible by Readers
In 2017, Shekhar Gupta started ThePrint with a simple belief: Indian readers want journalism that asks why and what next, not just what. And that enough of them would be willing to pay for good journalism.
Nine years on, that belief has held.
And, in these nine years, we’ve stayed true to our mission. We’ve been asking the follow-up questions, going beyond the headlines and explaining what’s actually happening. We’ve travelled across the country to bring you in-depth, visually-compelling stories from the ground.
It’s been nine years of readers choosing to make this possible. If you’d like to be one of them:
