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, E.P. Unny draws on the recent Pegasus phone surveillance controversy, to comment on rising fuel prices in the country by making a sneering remark that perhaps a real mythical winged horse can bring respite to the ongoing hike.
Alok Nirantar illustrates on the Centre informing the Rajya Sabha, that while there was an unprecedented surge in demand for medical oxygen, no deaths were ‘specifically reported’ due to oxygen shortage by states and UTs during second wave of Covid.
Mahamud too comments on the Pegasus surveillance scandal. The spyware’s list included numbers of several opposition leaders, journalists, human rights activists and others from India.
R. Prasad’s take on IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw who himself is on the Pegasus list but has denied all allegations of alleged hacking in India and said illegal snooping is impossible in the country.
Sajith Kumar refers to the ongoing Parliament Monsoon Session and the recent attacks on the govt, in face of which the umbrella term ‘nationalism’ always comes through to provide an easy way of counter and combat.
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