Lord Ravana mourns Aarey Forest and a ‘Vikas’-filled Dashami celebration
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Lord Ravana mourns Aarey Forest and a ‘Vikas’-filled Dashami celebration

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

   

Sandeep Adhwaryu | Times of India

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 celebrates the festive day of Dussehra in a rather sombre way.

Irshad Kaptan | Facebook

Irshad Kaptan, on the other hand, takes a jibe at the timing of this year’s Dashami celebrations in light of the felling of thousands of trees in the Aarey Colony in Mumbai to make way for a metro car shed.

Mika Aziz | Twitter

Mika Aziz imagines Lord Ravana would not be too happy about the Aarey issue either, as the forest could have benefited from his protection rather than Supreme Court’s rather late stay order.

Satish Acharya | Twitter

Sandeep Adhwaryu pokes fun at the Modi government’s recent declaration that the country is now open-defecation free.

Manjul | Mid Day

Manjul makes a reference to the spate of lynchings in the country, commenting that there are much worse things to fear than Ravana today.