Although the Mysore-born R.K. Laxman is the best known of them all, it is Kerala that has produced more political cartoonists in the English language: P. Shankar Pillai, O.V. Vijayan, Abu Abraham, Kutty, Unny, Ravi Shankar, Ajit Ninan et al. In recent years, Satish Acharya has joined his Kannadiga torch-bearer as a political cartoonist of promise,…
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How Tinkle magazine came to be called ‘Tinkle’
Tinkle, India’s English first magazine for children, has just published its 600th issue. Rajani Thindiath, who took over as the magazine’s editor after the demise of Anant Pai, speaks to the New York Times‘ blog, India Ink: Q: First things first. Why is Tinkle called “Tinkle”? A: Subba Rao, who was the associate editor of…
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