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Cartoons that trigger your brain cells

— Photo: Bhagya Prakash K.

Not just for laughs: An exhibition of cartoons at the Indian Cartoon Gallery in Bangalore on Monday.

Bangalore: The Indian Cartoon Gallery in the basement of Midford House, off Mahatma Gandhi Road, is the only dedicated space in the country to showcase the work of cartoonists. Celebrating one year of its establishment, the Indian Institute of Cartoonists brought together the work of 12 cartoonists from the city. The cartoonists featured included B.V. Panduranga Rao, the late Meghana Kamat (the only woman cartoonist to be featured in the exhibition), Sridhar Hunch, Ranjan Somaiah, Vikas Gupta, Alok Nirantar and V.G. Narendra. The exhibition, inaugurated by Mahesh Joshi, Director of Doordarshan Kendra, Bangalore, is open to the public till August 23.

Mr. Gupta, who works as an engineer by day, is a prolific cartoonist otherwise. Publishing his cartoons for a newspaper, he generally focuses on themes of social and political concern. Then there are the cartoons of 20-year-old Alok Nirantar, who has been cartooning since the age of 14. Pointing to a cartoon on the former Chief Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, he says that he prefers drawing about people rather than events. The works of Ms. Kamath, which depict various situations surrounding women, are funny and sad at the same time. Reiterating that cartoons are not just meant to be funny, Mr. Somaiah, a cartoonist for eight years now, says, “Cartoons are meant to make you think, and that’s what I try to do with my cartoons.” His cartoons focus on environmental issues such as oil spillage and its effect on marine life, and caricatures of political personalities.

Managing Trustee of the institute V.G. Narendra, a cartoonist himself and the former president of the Karnataka Cartoonists Association, says the idea behind the exhibition is to promote cartoonists, especially those who cartoon for newspapers.

The gallery can be contacted on 25595252 or 25559819.

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