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.
The great Indian political ploy
In The Times of India, Sandeep Adhwaryu highlights politicisation of the issue of excluding 40 lakh people from the NRC list in Assam. An illegal immigrant from Bangladesh is shown to say that he hoped leaders on both sides will benefit from the issue to further their political careers.
List them down
Cartoonist Irfan comments on Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s conundrum as he looks at the names of IAS and IPS officers who were allegedly involved in cases of corruption during their service period. The chief minister held a meeting recently and ordered probes into 300 such cases.
The invincible Virat Kohli
In a hilarious take, Jackartoons comments on Virat Kohli’s memorable knock on the 2nd day of the first test match against England. The Indian skipper might be invincible now, suggests the cartoonist.
BJP’s Karnataka demand
In his cartoon for Mail Today, Satish Acharya draws former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa pointing to BJP MLA B. Sriramulu who is demanding statehood for North Karnataka. Disputing the idea, Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said BJP is fueling the demand for a separate state for north Karnataka.
So, what’s the big deal?
In the international breastfeeding week, cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty illustrates different mammals breastfeeding their babies quietly. However, human beings can make a most natural act a matter of shame.
Pick a side
In his satirical take for The Economic Times, R. Prasad draws a confused little kid asking Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore to pick between the Indian and the Bangladeshi national anthem. Tagore wrote the anthems for both. The cartoon is a dark comment on the current hyper-nationalistic public discourse.