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In today’s featured cartoon, Kirtish Bhatt pokes fun at those calling for a boycott of Deepika Padukone starrer Pathan in the backdrop of the actor unveiling the FIFA World Cup 2022 trophy. In the illustration, a man calling for a boycott of FIFA is told that it has already ended.
E.P. Unny, referring to the just-concluded FIFA World Cup, delivers his take on calls for a boycott of Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer Pathan by groups who claim to have taken offence to the latter’s costume in a song of the movie released last week.
Sajith Kumar alludes to the BJP accusing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of demoralising Indian troops deployed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with his remarks on the India-China border skirmish in Arunachal Pradesh.
Satish Acharya uses his illustration to depict how the BJP has been blaming former prime minister late Jawaharlal Nehru not just for the border dispute with China, but also the border feud between Maharashtra and Karnataka which flared up earlier this month.
Alluding to the nail-biting final of the FIFA World Cup 2022, Sandeep Adhwaryu draws on how their phenomenal performances during the match spurred a discussion on whether Kylian Mbappe would succeed Lionel Messi as ‘The Next GOAT‘ (Greatest of All Time).