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, Kirtish Bhatt takes a dig at mainstream media’s preoccupation with the bhoomi pujan (ground-breaking) ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya even as the floods in Bihar and Assam continue.
Sajith Kumar’s take on Chinese company Vivo being retained as the primary sponsor of IPL.
The Sanitary Panels takes a dig at ministers, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who opt for private hospitals rather than government ones for Covid treatment.
Manjul’s scathing take on why veteran BJP leader L. K Advani, who spearheaded the Ram Janmabhoomi movement in the 1990s, will not be attending the bhoomi pujan.
Sandeep Adhwaryu on the ‘parallel’ universe that has emerged around the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, with unsolicited opinions, comments and criticisms.
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