Daily Archives: 18 May 2009

Lifetime awards for a lifetime of funny lines

Seven veteran Indian cartoonists were honoured with lifetime achievement awards by the Indian Institute of Cartoonists in Bangalore on Monday. In the front row are the cartoonists (from left): E.P. Unny (The Indian Express), Vasant Sarvate (Lalit), Madhan (Ananda Vikatan and Junior Vikatan), Kaak (Hindustan), Thomas alias Toms (Malayala Manorama), Prabhakar Raobail and T. Venkat…

Martha Gellhorn Prize open to Indian journos

The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, considered to be one of the most prestigious in the world of journalism, is open to candidates from English-speaking countries outside the UK and USA from this year. In other words, Indian journalists can apply. The winner of the prize, awarded annually by the Martha Gellhorn Trust to “a…