Shankar presenting his book of cartoons on Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru to Indira Gandhi in 1983. (Source: Express Archive) Editor on a bus spots cartoonist strolling down the sidewalk, hops off, greets him and makes a job offer. This could sum up how Shankar's career took off in the capital. Hindustan Times 's editor Pothen Joseph was on a visit to Mumbai, where Shankar was getting noticed as a freelance cartoonist. Both were from what was then the princely state of Travancore; their exchange could well have been transacted in Malayalam. This comfort apart, it wasn't an easy decision to take for the 30-year-old. The newly-married law school dropout had a day job in a shipping company that paid more than the uncertain position on offer. Yet, the passion to mock the mighty got the better of him. The self-taught doodler packed his bags and moved to Delhi. The year was 1932. The Raj had just shifted base from Kolkata to Lutyens-built Delhi and the one-year-old capital had its first regular cartoonist, a full-fledged Keralite. Thus began the much-mentioned Malayali link to this profession. From Nehruvian times down to these anti-Nehruvian times, expats from Kerala have had a disproportionate presence… Read full this story
- VIETNAM POLITICAL NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 18
- Kerala bypoll results: LDF storms two UDF bastions
- IS tried for foothold in Uttar Pradesh during 2016-17: Report
- ‘America’s mayor’ to Trump proxy: The evolution of Rudy Giuliani
- Edited Transcript of SAP.DE earnings conference call or presentation 21-Oct-19 12:00pm GMT
- Lafayette hits snag in fiber build
- Thiruvananthapuram: LDF storms two UDF bastions
- Exclusive: Surprise Syria truce hinged on Turkey's deadline demand-top official
- Edited Transcript of DSY.PA earnings conference call or presentation 24-Oct-19 1:00pm GMT
- VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 23
The Kerala connection: EP Unny decodes the state’s strong bond with political cartoons have 287 words, post on indianexpress.com at October 20, 2019. This is cached page on Search. If you want remove this page, please contact us.