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In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar takes a jibe at the Maharashtra government for declaring ‘Dahi-Handi‘ an official sport with CM Eknath Shinde even announcing last week that ‘Govindas‘ — individuals who take part in ‘Dahi-Handi‘ events by forming human pyramids — will be eligible for reservation in government jobs under the sports category.
Satish Acharya delivers his take on repeated calls for ‘boycotts’ of Hindi films amid a decline in theatregoers in the backdrop of rising prices, evident by Aamir Khan-starrer Laal Singh Chaddha — a remake of Forrest Gump — and Akshay Kumar-starrer Raksha Bandhan underperforming at the box office.
Drawing on the age-old ‘carrot-and-stick’ approach, Manjul comments on the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav‘ and how patriotism has been brought to the forefront of political discourse as India celebrates 75 years of Independence.
Nala Ponnappa alludes to a report from June of this year about a signboard bearing the name of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse springing up in a village in Karnataka’s Udupi. The signboard, renaming a road in Bola grama panchayat of Karkala taluk, was later removed by authorities.