The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print, online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
In today’s featured cartoon, Sajith Kumar dwells on how the tentacles of hatred can easily spread. He was referring to the viral video about a teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar who allegedly asked her students to slap a Muslim classmate for apparently not doing homework. She is also accused of making communal comments.
In this cartoon too, Satish Acharya alludes to the Muzaffarnagar incident, and how it can mentally beleaguer a child.
Cartoonist Nala Ponnappa alludes to space agency ISRO’s historic Moon landing on 23 August, which made India the first country to reach the lunar south pole.
Cartoonist E.P. Unny premises his comment on the Muzaffarnagar hate incident, observing how “bulldozer justice” was increasingly becoming a weapon of retribution against perpetrators.