View: It’s time we have right to ridicule as basic freedomInstead of castigating Banerjee for her inability to stand ridicule, the court refused to strike down the arrest and asked Sharma to apolog...
19 May, 2019, 10.39 AM IST
Uncle Sam's Day: The origin of America's most popular symbolUncle Sam originated in popular culture. But the name is usually associated with Sam Wilson, a businessman who supplied food to the army du...
10 Sep, 2017, 02.46 PM IST
Indians have not lost the capacity to laugh, says Ritu G KhanduriKhanduri says India's newspaper culture and cartooning are entwined and cartoonists are expected to critique all those in power.
04 Jun, 2016, 05.12 PM IST
‘Banning free speech greater insult to Bharat than Bharat Ratna jokes': Aseem TrivediIt’s a clash of two professions-comedian whose work is exploring new mediums for humour and politician whose work is to make a joke using i...
01 Jun, 2016, 12.44 PM IST
Express disagreement through debate: President Pranab MukherjeeObserving that "sensitive minds" sometimes get disturbed by some incidents in the society, he advocated a "balanced" expression of concern ...
16 Nov, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
Egyptian cartoonists to hold an exhibition on Mahatma GandhiThe exhibition presents a selection of caricatures on Gandhi by prominent artists of the Egyptian Caricature Society.
02 Oct, 2015, 01.10 PM IST
RK Laxman accorded state funeral; Maharashtra government to set up memorialThe legendary cartoonist, creator of the ubiquitous mute spectator 'Common Man' died last evening, aged 94 after suffering multi-organ fail...
27 Jan, 2015, 04.35 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi condoles RK Laxman's deathPrime Minister Narendra Modi Monday condoled the death of eminent cartoonist R.K. Laxman, saying "India will miss you".
26 Jan, 2015, 10.28 PM IST
Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal’s ID test: Can Indian-Americans go all American?In a social context we emphasize language, religion and even caste; in the civic and professional sphere we prefer our Indianness.
25 Jan, 2015, 01.00 PM IST
Barack Obama calls French president, offers condolences on Paris attackUS President telephoned his French counterpart Francois Hollande to express condolences over the deadly attack targeting a satirical magazi...
08 Jan, 2015, 10.24 AM IST
Bal Thackeray: Iconoclast turned restrictive iconographer of Marathi prideIf Pakistan was a nation Jinnah created on a typewriter, the Shiv Sena was a political party Thackeray created on the strength of sketched ...
19 Nov, 2012, 09.15 PM IST
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi sent to judicial custody as he refuses to apply for bail"I am proud of what I have done and I will continue to do what I have done. This is the second struggle for independence in this country," ...
11 Sep, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
NCERT book blanks out Ambedkar's role as the Chairman of the Constitution Drafting CommitteeUsually, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajendra Prasad, Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad or Ambedkar chaired these Committees." That's all the book has to sa...
04 Jun, 2012, 09.00 AM IST
- HRD panel cleared all textbooks, say experts
The prospect of political cartoons going out of textbooks is a dangerous one. Lessons will become drab again, worried scholars said.
16 May, 2012, 11.30 AM IST
Ambedkar cartoon row: An act of cowardly populism, says Shiv VisvanathanTwo professionals were abandoned by the education minister in another knee-jerk display of populist politics. The event needs to be analyse...
15 May, 2012, 09.29 AM IST
- India Inc should look beyond BTech and MBA
The debate over the ethical validity of corporates directing their philanthropic energies abroad, particularly when Indian education could ...
24 Oct, 2010, 10.48 AM IST
- Kenya press swelled with pride for President Obama
Kenya's newspapers on Wednesday lavished praise on Barack Obama after a historic day which saw the son of a modest Kenyan become the United...
21 Jan, 2009, 03.20 PM IST