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, Sandeep Adhwaryu comments on the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit and a Muslim policeman in the Valley, in the same week, by suspected terrorists.
R. Prasad takes a jibe at the reforms pledged by the Congress at its Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, implying that the norms agreed upon may not apply to everyone equally.
Manjul refers to the Ram Setu — a chain of limestone shoals between Rameswaram island in Tamil Nadu and the Mannar island in Sri Lanka — to suggest a way for the Modi government to keep the protests over Sri Lanka’s economic crisis from reaching closer home.
Kirtish Bhatt takes inspiration from the hike in LPG prices earlier this month as well as the soaring summer temperature to make a point.
Cartoonist Alok takes a jibe at the drift in Maharashtra’s politics, signalled by BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis beginning a speech in Mumbai this week with a Bhojpuri greeting. The illustration shows Fadnavis greeting MNS chief Raj Thackeray, whose party is known for taking an anti-migrant stance, in Bhojpuri.