Monday, January 29, 2024

About Carl Barks

I discovered the beauty of Carl Barks in my 30's. What a talent. Great to learn about him.

Sunday, April 16, 2023

First book contribution.

Felt really nice contributing Verite'01 to the library of Cartoon Museum Pune. My first graphic essay "Research Ramblings" is a part of this anthology.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Cartoon Museum Pune University, 1st Anniversary

On the occasion of the first Anniversary of the "Cartoon Museum" at Savitribai Phule Pune University, the team has organized an exhibition of the works of certain cartoonists. I am privileged to have a few of my works displayed at the same. Please do attend.
Update: It was a nice small event. Pune University offered the cartoonists the best support for the progress of cartoons as an academic as well as art pursuits. The cartoon museum is hosted in the heritage main building of Pune university. All cartoonists who come to Pune please do visit the museum and meet the team. Help in all possible ways to help this art form flourish.
The chief guest was Dr.Sanjeev A. Sonawane Pro-Vice Chancellor
Inside the museum hall.
Pune Univ Main Building.
News coverage of the event.
Press coverage

Friday, November 18, 2022

Sutradhar turns two!!

It has been more than two years and today is as good a day any to tell everyone what has Sutradhar been up to. We have been publishing new content everyday since we started and haven't missed a day. Follow this post to know about our shows. 1. Monday Mythbusters Every Monday morning we publish a video busting a popular myth about our scriptures by referring to authentic sources with quotes. This Monday we released Episode 7 of Season 2. (25 Episodes available on our app) 2. TempleTales Tuesdays Every Tuesday morning we publish a video about the stories around our temples. These stories are from scriptures, folklores, history and help us develop appreciation for our immensely rich heritage. There are 70+ episodes currently available on our app. 3. Wednesday Wisdom Every Wednesday we bring to you words of wisdom covered in our scriptures, which help us prepare for the situations we encounter in our lives. 21 Episodes of Bhishma Niti and 9 Episodes of Nahusha Samvad are currently live on our app. 4. Mini Tales Every Thursday we release short stories from Mahabharat/Ramayan/Puranas where we try to tell an interesting story in less than 2 minutes. People can share these on Whatsapp and it will encourage people to explore more. There are currently 300+ episodes live. 5. Podcast Every Monday and Friday we release new episode of our Ved Vyas ki Mahabharat Podcast, which is serialized retelling our Mahabharat based on the version published by Gita Press. Today we have published 6th Episode of Season 3. 6. Stories from Ancient India Every Saturday we publish a long story where we cover mostly unheard tales from our ancient scriptures. 100 stories have already been published so far and are live on our app. 7. Stories for Kids Sunday is reserved for Kids. Every Sunday we publish moral stories targeted towards teaching valuable life lessons to younger generation. More than 50 stories have been published on our app so far. 8. Meditation Music We have included some divine chants on our app, which are good for listening while going through your day. Just put them on loop and connect with divine. 9. Gita Everyday at 7 pm we publish one shloka of Shri Ashtavatra Gita and at 9 pm one shloka of Shrimadbhagwadgita. We believe there cannot be a better way to end the day. 10. Festivals of India During festivals we release special episodes covering the stories from our structures and folktales around respective festivals. This is a good way to remember how our culture has shaped up over generations and why celebrating these festivals in important. We do not show any ads so you can be assured that your time on the app is well spent. First three months are on us, after that there is a very nominal annual subscription which costs less than 1 Rs/ Day. (It's 299 Rs/ year) Please do check out our app and if you like it tell others about us. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sutradhar

Thursday, August 18, 2022

"What on Earth" turns a year old!!

About a year ago I was commissioned to do an environmental cartoon series by CEEW, New Delhi. Never had I imagined that it would turn so big. I received a surprise gift from my handlers at CEEW (Alina, Kartikeya) a mug with my cartoon on it. You can catch the same here.
Feels great when my cartoons turn into priceless collectible merchandise.

Monday, July 25, 2022

S D Phadnis Tribute

Cartoonists Combine is organising a Wordless cartoon exhibition as a Tribute to the legendary cartoonist SD Phadnis on his birthday. 29 to 31 July at Balgandharva Kaladan, pune. Some of my works will be displayed too. Please drop by.
The event drew a tremendous resposnse. For 3 days we had continous visitors, even the talks and demos had a dedicated audience.
My thanks to the organising team of Cartoonists Combine who could think of such an event and put such dedicated effort to pull it off. Hat's off to you sirs. My sincere thanks to Sanjay Mistry Sir, Charuhas Pandit Sir, Yogendra Bhagat ji, the awesome caricaturist Atul Purandare Sir, Dhanajay Garad ji who puts cartoons on media platforms and the ever youthful Vishwas Suryavanshi. It is my pleasure and honor to be associated with you all.

Friday, May 6, 2022

World Cartoonist Day 2022 Felicitation

On the event of World Cartoonists Day 2022 "कार्टून्स कट्टा" held an exhibition of the works of artist and cartoonist Ghanshyam Deshpande and a function was held to felictate young cartoonists. One might argue that I am no longer "young" but a cartoonist grows old and not grows up.