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 the lead cartoon, Arvind TM pokes fun at the government’s statement that all villages in India now have electricity. As per the government’s definition, this just means that the village is connected to a power grid, and not necessarily that every house has electricity.
Many cartoonists chose to target Tripura CM Biplab Deb’s recent comments. The chief minister, who has made multiple foot-in-mouth comments recently, said that the youth should “set up paan shops” or milk cows instead of pursuing government jobs.
Gokul Gopalakrishnan in The Asian Age News suggests that Deb is only spitting on himself with these comments. Sajith Kumar illustrates a satirical scenario where the son of the pan shop owner continues with his father’s profession instead of studying further.
Keshav in The Hindu takes a jibe at Dalmia Group adopting the Red Fort in Delhi, suggesting it shouldn’t end with a corporate buying out Parliament.
Kirtish Bhat in BBC Hindi has a witty cartoon where the claim that all villages have been electrified (after seventy years of Independence) contradicts Tripura CM Deb’s claim that internet existed during the times of the Mahabharata.
