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In today’s featured cartoon, Satish Acharya alludes to the roaring controversy around the 6.5-metre national emblem weighing 16,000 kg that was unveiled atop the new Parliament building, while taking a jibe at the Make in India campaign, also represented by a lion.
In a similar vein, R. Prasad comments on the controversy over the ‘bared fangs’ of lions on the Ashok Stambh unveiled atop the new Parliament building. The illustration refers to how the Mauryan emperor Ashoka renounced violence after the conquest of Kalinga; the national emblem was adopted from the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath.
Kirtish Bhatt delivers a witty take on former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s escape from Sri Lanka and how Sri Lankans are now left to fend for themselves in the face of socio-economic turmoil while their government seems to be on ‘autopilot’.
Nala Ponappa has spinoff ideas related to ‘GoGotaGo’ protests in Sri Lanka that led to the ouster of Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother Mahinda.
Sandeep Adhwaryu alludes to the spellbinding images captured by NASA’s James Webb telescope and how the human race is still fighting over which god should be credited with the creation of the universe.