Jest in time: a cavalcade of cartoons over 175 years

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Publication details: 2013 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., New DelhiDescription: 211 pISBN:

9789382299547

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DDC classification:

808.7 J3

Summary: If India did not exist, cartoonists may have had to invent it. Perhaps no other country in the world presents such rich and varied material for the depiction of humour as does India. Humour is the harmonious reconciliation of opposites, and India abounds in opposites: the corrupt, overweight VVIP and the skinny and honest aam admi; the pompous politico and the sceptical voter; the tangled red tape of bureaucracy and the Indian genius for jugaad which innovatively cuts through it all.The Times of India is proud to present from its archives this pageant of cartoons that portrays the trials and the travails, the triumphs and the zest for life that make up the never-say-die spirit of India.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ahmedabad	Non-fiction	808.7 J3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		179669

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If India did not exist, cartoonists may have had to invent it. Perhaps no other country in the world presents such rich and varied material for the depiction of humour as does India. Humour is the harmonious reconciliation of opposites, and India abounds in opposites: the corrupt, overweight VVIP and the skinny and honest aam admi; the pompous politico and the sceptical voter; the tangled red tape of bureaucracy and the Indian genius for jugaad which innovatively cuts through it all.The Times of India is proud to present from its archives this pageant of cartoons that portrays the trials and the travails, the triumphs and the zest for life that make up the never-say-die spirit of India.

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