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 his cartoon for The Indian Express, Mika Aziz draws BJP’s Amit Shah’s meeting with alliance partner and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar in Patna discussing the 2019 Lok Sabha elections over breakfast.
For The Economic Times, R. Prasad takes a dig at Bihar CM for relaxing liquor laws in the state. The state cabinet Thursday approved a proposal for releasing first-time offenders after a fine of Rs 50,000. The first liquor offence will also be bailable and non-cognisable.
Satish Acharya portrays athlete Hima Das who brought home gold after winning the World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. Das, who hails from Nagaon district of Assam, is the daughter of a rice farmer.
Kirtish Bhatt in his cartoon for BBC Hindi sardonically compares the incident at a Delhi school where 16 girls were locked up in a room in the school building alleging failure of fee payment with the hype surrounding the Reliance group’s proposed Jio Institute.
Cartoonist Sajith Kumar takes a jibe at the current government’s apathy towards the Taj Mahal. The apex court Wednesday expressed it’s anger towards the government stating that either it should restore the monument, or demolish it.
Gokul Gopalakrishnan’s cartoon for Scroll comments on the country’s indifferent attitude after the banishment of film critic Kathi Mahesh from Hyderabad. The critic was banned Tuesday for six months for allegedly “hurting religious sentiment” with his comments on Lord Ram and Sita.
Cartoonist Hemant Morparia draws the difference between adults and children, who have very different outlook towards life.