Sir Andrew Aguecheek (also spelled Ague-cheek) is a comic character in William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Sir Andrew is a stereotypical fool, who is goaded into unwisely duelling with Cesario and who is slowly having his money pilfered by Sir Toby Belch. His role in the play not only provides comedy [...]
Charles Darwin and Monkey
Sridar Elumalai2013-12-11T03:50:29-08:00Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is hailed in the mainstream scientific community as the unifying theory of the life sciences. He has been elevated to demigod status and given a place of esteem in the public arena, where any ideas outside his outdated theory are systematically and unfairly expelled. But Darwin wasn't [...]
Salman Rushdie
Sridar Elumalai2013-12-11T05:11:34-08:00Caricature for a Daily: Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, born 19 June 1947 is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. He is said to combine magical realism with historical fiction; his work is concerned [...]
Chandraswami
Sridar Elumalai2013-12-11T05:14:31-08:00Cartoon for the Daily News Paper: Chandraswami (born 1967) (Real name: Deepak) is a controversial Indian tantrik (practitioner of Tantra). He is called a godman by some people. His father came from Behror in Rajasthan and worked as a money lender. He moved to Hyderabad when Chandraswami was a child. Chandraswami was attracted to the [...]
Manmohan Singh
Sridar Elumalai2013-12-11T05:17:38-08:00The worst Indian Prime Minister ever! This was sketched for a daily when he was the Finance Minster.