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Title Conversations with Indian cartoonists : politickle lines / edited by Vinod Balakrishnan and Vishaka Venkat
Published Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019
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Summary Picking up the pen is, sometimes, like playing with fire, especially in the business of political cartooning. In a profession of stroke-and-tell, where less is more, the brooding cartoonist turns everyday events into spaces for engagement. They draw the line between concern and apathy to bring issues into public view, invariably, shaking us out of our inattentional blindness. After all, they are a tribe--an endangered one--with the silly belief that the funny bone must be tickled. Cartooning in India--a Raj legacy--has come a long way from its colonial beginnings and Punch-imitations. Since In
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 22, 2020)
Subject Indian cartoonists.
Indian cartoonists
Form Electronic book
Author Balakrishnan, Vinod, editor
Venkat, Vishaka, editor
ISBN 1527542939
9781527542938