<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(39,39,39);font-family:Manjari;font-size:18px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;display:inline !important;float:none;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Comic artist Sunil Nambu brings together the spirit of the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence and the national pastime of Cricket in this animation to come up with that unmistakable verdict, brushing aside all doubts and apprehensions – 75 NOT OUT</span></span></p>

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Comic artist Sunil Nambu brings together the spirit of the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence and the national pastime of Cricket in this animation to come up with that unmistakable verdict, brushing aside all doubts and apprehensions – 75 NOT OUT

India (75*) – Of Course Not Out

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-size:18px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;">EP Unny , Chief Political Cartoonist of The Indian Express , interacts with fellow cartoonists and cartoon watchers as part of the exhibition of his work at Bengaluru recently .</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-size:18px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;">NB – This is a truncated version of the interaction. The AIDEM could not upload the early parts of the recording on account of technical issues.</p><div class="mdp-liker-box after-content two-buttons style-border-fill row-right" style="--mdp-liker-bg-color-active:rgba(255, 33, 40, 1);--mdp-liker-bg-color-hover:rgba(255, 33, 40, 1);--mdp-liker-bg-color:rgba(255, 33, 40, 1);--mdp-liker-border:1px;--mdp-liker-radius:50px;--mdp-liker-text-color-active:rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);--mdp-liker-text-color-hover:rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);--mdp-liker-text-color:rgba(255, 33, 40, 1);box-sizing:border-box;font-size:initial;font-weight:initial;margin:0px;padding:0px;" id="mdp-liker-17270" data-memory="on"><div style="align-items:center;box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;margin:0px;padding:0px;"><div class="mdp-liker-description" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(85, 85, 85);font-family:Manjari;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;max-width:60%;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">&nbsp;</div></div></div><p><br>&nbsp;</p>

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EP Unny , Chief Political Cartoonist of The Indian Express , interacts with fellow cartoonists and cartoon watchers as part of the exhibition of his work at Bengaluru recently .

Not Business as Usual – The Art and Politics of Cartooning | EP Unny

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Manjari;font-size:17px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;display:inline !important;float:none;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Renowned Indian political cartoonist EP Unny presents a unique perspective of Mahatma Gandhi, as a politician who was a subject of cartoonists across the world and as a reader, who consistently engaged with political cartoons and cartoonists. Unny looks at the historic trajectory of Gandhiji’s political life, starting from early political activism in South Africa, moving on to his leadership in India’s freedom struggle. Unny points out that what Gandhiji built up with cartoonists was a system of democratic give and take, which generated vibrant and meaningful discourse. Watch the full presentation here.</span></span></p>

Gandhi through Cartoons

<p><img src="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/IMG_20240720_WA_0012_770x470_970911e623.jpg" alt="IMG-20240720-WA0012-770x470.jpg" srcset="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/thumbnail_IMG_20240720_WA_0012_770x470_970911e623.jpg 245w,https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/small_IMG_20240720_WA_0012_770x470_970911e623.jpg 500w,https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/medium_IMG_20240720_WA_0012_770x470_970911e623.jpg 750w," sizes="100vw" width="undefined" height="undefined"></p><div class="post-body clearfix single-blog-header single-blog-inner blog-single-block blog-details-content" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(85, 85, 85);font-family:Manjari;font-size:17px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div class="entry-content clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box;counter-reset:footnotes 0;margin:0px;padding:0px;"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-size:18px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;"><i><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33, 37, 41);margin:0px;padding:0px;">R. Rajagopal, the Editor at Large of The Telegraph, continues his close observation and analysis of the Indian media space and the manner in which mainstream newspapers covered serious developments such as the tragic fate of Rahim Ali, a resident of Kashimpur village in Assam’s Nalbari district, whose Indian citizenship was recently reinstated by the Supreme Court without knowing that he had died in his village two and a half years ago, in December 2021 at the age of 58. Ali was branded a foreigner and his citizenship was revoked by the Foreigners Tribunal in the State in 2012. In this analysis, Rajagopal also pays a tribute to EP Unny, Chief Political Cartoonist of The Indian Express (IE), highlighting the cartoon he drew on this issue. The IE editorial too is specially mentioned in this important media critique written by one of the tallest newspaper editors of the country. The AIDEM has sourced this from R Rajagopal’s social media posts.</strong></i></em></p><hr><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-size:18px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;">Ruthlessness is the irreplaceable sidearm of cartooning. But every once in a while, the merciless craft drops the snub-nosed weapon and picks up the feather to offer a healing touch. EP Unny does so in The Indian Express, making Calvin pay graceful tribute to Rahim Ali, whose first name means compassion, something that was denied to him in life.</p><figure class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;margin:15px auto;max-width:100%;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;width:329px;" id="attachment_29032" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-29032"><p><img src="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/images_2024_07_20_T173700_4832_300x243_d936ec5b72.jpeg" alt="images-2024-07-20T173700.4832-300x243.jpeg" srcset="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/thumbnail_images_2024_07_20_T173700_4832_300x243_d936ec5b72.jpeg 193w," sizes="100vw" width="undefined" height="undefined"></p><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:12px 0px 0px;text-align:center;" id="caption-attachment-29032">Rahim Ali</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-size:18px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;">But Unny does not forget to wield the scalpel, referring to the risk that can be faced by those who, unwittingly or otherwise, showed compassion to Ali. The Express has a strong editorial also. I leave it you to find out which other newspapers followed up one of the most important stories after the general election.</p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:25.2%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:undefined/undefined;" src="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/IMG_20240720_WA_0005_195x300_71211f9358.jpg" alt="IMG-20240720-WA0005-195x300.jpg" srcset="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/thumbnail_IMG_20240720_WA_0005_195x300_71211f9358.jpg 101w," sizes="100vw" width="undefined" height="undefined"></figure><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-size:18px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;">The other day, I had told a sceptical friend that this is too big a story to be ignored by the rest of the media. I think I have largely been proved wrong. Calvin’s compassion reminds me of the farewell cartoon to Nehru by Rajinder Puri (which I am attaching below from Unny’s Twitter account). Puri was kind enough to treat me to coffee and scones (I heard the word first from him) and his vision of journalism at the Embassy Hotel (or was it the Ambassador? Delhi overdoses on diplomatic jargon) in Connaught Place when I gatecrashed his idyllic haunt when I was a student.</p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:undefined/undefined;" src="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/IMG_20240720_WA_0008_768x851_3162e7e51a.jpg" alt="IMG-20240720-WA0008-768x851.jpg" srcset="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/thumbnail_IMG_20240720_WA_0008_768x851_3162e7e51a.jpg 141w,https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/small_IMG_20240720_WA_0008_768x851_3162e7e51a.jpg 451w,https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/medium_IMG_20240720_WA_0008_768x851_3162e7e51a.jpg 677w," sizes="100vw" width="undefined" height="undefined"></figure><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-size:18px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;">Unny unfailingly pays tribute with his craft to many people when they pass away or cross milestones. I am particularly touched by his tributes to artist Namboodiri and actor Irrfan Khan. I also recall now a cartoon that made me cry when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated. Ungratefully, I cannot recall where I saw it or who drew it. Was it on Sunday magazine? It was a full-page cartoon showing Rajiv, who was a pilot, steering a flight to the skies, with the immortal words of Shakespeare: “Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-size:18px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;">If my friend Sumit, who was with Sunday, confirms and clarifies whose cartoon it was, I will let you know. 33 years later, Unny’s cartoon has done to me what I felt in 1991 when the cartoonist I cannot recall borrowed from Hamlet and Horatio. “Good night, Sweet Prince” would also have been the most apt headline I could not think up when Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi died.</p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:undefined/undefined;" src="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/IMG_20240720_WA_0007_768x805_41aca38d07.jpg" alt="IMG-20240720-WA0007-768x805.jpg" srcset="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/thumbnail_IMG_20240720_WA_0007_768x805_41aca38d07.jpg 149w,https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/small_IMG_20240720_WA_0007_768x805_41aca38d07.jpg 477w,https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/medium_IMG_20240720_WA_0007_768x805_41aca38d07.jpg 716w," sizes="100vw" width="undefined" height="undefined"></figure><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-size:18px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;">Deepayan Chatterjee, the wizard with words who passed the baton to me, told Sumit about that unwritten headline later. I was deeply affected by Pataudi’s death although I have been merciless when he was arrested in the hunting case. Technically, only technically, he was my colleague for three years because he was the editor of Sportsworld which was owned by the same management I worked for and located a floor below the newspaper I was with then although I have never met him.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-size:18px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;">The coverage of Pataudi’s death was also one of the first instances that informed my mentors that something is wrong with me — a reckless gene that runs amok once in a while — in the sense that I can get carried away by news events, unlike poker-faced editors who revel in affecting the inscrutable visage.</p><figure class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;margin:15px auto;max-width:100%;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;width:361px;" id="attachment_29033" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-29033"><p><img src="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/images_2024_07_20_T174125_041_5399f7bca3.jpeg" alt="images-2024-07-20T174125.041.jpeg" srcset="https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/thumbnail_images_2024_07_20_T174125_041_5399f7bca3.jpeg 104w,https://strapi.bangalore2.com/uploads/small_images_2024_07_20_T174125_041_5399f7bca3.jpeg 334w," sizes="100vw" width="undefined" height="undefined"></p><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:12px 0px 0px;text-align:center;" id="caption-attachment-29033">Rajinder Puri</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(39, 39, 39);font-size:18px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;">Shocked by the display, a journalist I respect the most told me the next day, poker-faced of course and the upper lip as stiff as Modi at that rare media conference: “I thought the Prime Minister died.” It was his polite way of suggesting I went overboard. I leave you with some of the farewell cartoons of Puri and Unny. I still harbour the hope that other newspapers will follow up the Ali story until the executive and judicial leadership takes note and puts in place checks and balances.</p></div></div>

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India (75*) – Of Course Not Out

Not Business as Usual – The Art and Politics of Cartooning | EP Unny

Gandhi through Cartoons

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