The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.
The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
As the Sabarimala shrine was temporarily shut down to clean the sanctum sanctorum after two women entered it, Satish Acharya for Sify takes a peep inside the head of a priest, which the cartoonist suggests, requires purification from superstitious rather than the shrine itself.
Mahamud takes a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-awaited interview to ANI as he shows a determined Modi trying to cross a precarious gorge leading to the Lok Sabha elections.
Manjul for Firstpost takes a potshot at Narendra Modi, whom he depicts taking up a Q- shaped hula hoop ring (referring to his first interview as PM in 2019) as a warm-up exercise for the 2019 general elections.
Satish Acharya depicts Prime Minister Narendra Modi as both the interviewer and the interviewee, suggesting the questions posed to him were framed according to his answers.
R. Prasad for The Economic Times takes a jibe at Rajasthan’s Women and Child Development Minister Mamta Bhupesh of the Congress party, who said that her caste was her priority, and everything else came later.
Sajith Kumar for Deccan Herald weighs Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that demonetisation created an environment of honesty, while he depicts that the blow of the note ban had, in fact, added to the perils of the common man.
Satish Acharya for Bollywood Hungama pays homage to veteran actor and dialogue writer Kader Khan who passed way on the last day of 2018.