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, Nala Ponappa wryly comments on the Taliban putting Afghan women in a state of permanent quarantine and segregation by not including them in the cabinet, and denying them access to work and education.
Alok Nirantar draws on the upcoming first in-person meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden. The agenda of the bilateral discussions will be focused on counterterrorism arising from the unstable situation in Afghanistan but China will be the ‘panda’ in the room, given its ties with the Afghan leadership and Pakistan.
Sajith Kumar comments on Enforcement Directorate(ED) conducting searches at activist Harsh Mander’s office and residence last week, in connection with a case of alleged money laundering.
R. Prasad’s take on the two bills that were introduced by Karnataka and Rajasthan in their respective assemblies — one to protect illegal religious shrines in public places in Karnataka and the other, a controversial bill passed by the Rajasthan assembly (amending the Marriage Act, 2009) to register child marriage. The cartoon refers to this ‘Indianisation‘ which is not what CJI N.V. Ramana meant when he called for a legal system suited to the needs of India’s population.
E.P. Unny draws upon the varying lists of travel guidelines and Covid norms Indians need to follow when travelling out of the country, in a dig at the ‘discriminatory‘ travel rules the UK has for India.
Kirtish Bhatt illustrates on England too calling off a tour of Pakistan, three days after New Zealand abandoned their white-ball series over security concerns. The cartoon depicts a fictional conversation between Pakistan Cricket Board officials who say that they have arranged a trophy for a team that just agrees to play with them.