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.
Gopal Shoonya in BBC News Marathi reminds us that women have been sexually harassed regardless of age, and that #MeToo applies to all.
In Mumbai Mirror, Hemant Morparia too depicts to the #MeToo movement, and suggests that men have been caught with their trousers down, and should now apologise en masse.
In Mid-day, Manjul has a message for Prime Minister Narendra Modi — that if no action is taken against minister M.J. Akbar on the many allegations of sexual harassment against him, it could hurt Modi’s prospects of re-election in 2019.
Soham Sen of ThePrint suggests that M.J. Akbar, who has been a towering figure in Indian journalism and has founded The Telegraph and The Asian Age newspapers, is now a burden on the likes of PM Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, and ministers like Sushma Swaraj and Smriti Irani.
Mika Aziz also puns on Akbar’s name and status, and the sheer number of accusations that women have made against him.
Irfan in Jansatta comments on the unfamiliar surroundings of prison that three directors of Amrapali Group find themselves in after the Supreme Court ordered them to be taken into police custody.
In The Times of India, Sandeep Adhwaryu comments that HAL was “dassaulted”, i.e. assaulted by Dassault Aviation, which insists it chose the inexperienced Reliance Defence as offset partner over experienced fighter jet manufacturer HAL.
Satish Acharya reacts to the death of environmental activist G.D. Agrawal, who was on an indefinite fast to make the government act on cleaning the Ganga. The mother river tells politicians shedding crocodile tears at Agrawal’s death not to pollute her.