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{{Infobox person
| name = Kaak
| image = Kaak_2.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| birth_name = Harish Chandra Shukla
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1940|03|16}}
| birth_place = [[Puranisf Pansari]], [[Unnao]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
| occupation = [[Cartoonist]]
| years_active = 1967–present
| nationality = Indian
| website = {{URL|kaaktoons.com}}
| signature = Sign_kaak.jpg
| signature_size = 100px
}}
'''Harish Chandra Shukla''' (born 16 March 1940), better known by his pen name '''Kaak''',<ref>Official Webs [http://www.kaakdrishti.com KaakDrishti.com], [http://www.kaaktoons.com KaakToons.com]</ref> is an Indian [[editorial cartoonist]] and [[caricatures|caricaturist]] who works in [[Hindi]]-language media. He is the foremost Hindi newspaper cartoonist, having worked with leading newspapers such as ''[[Jansatta]]'', ''[[Navbharat Times]]'', ''[[Dainik Jagran]]'', ''[[Rajasthan Patrika]]'', and a few others, in a career spanning several decades. 'Kaak' means crow in Hindi, which according to a proverb, is the bird that raises its raucous voice when someone tells a lie.<ref>Face-to-face at [[Doordarshan]] : {{YouTube|QKHfE75iVMA|1986}}, {{YouTube|P4jklEiMNSI|1990}}</ref>

==Biography==
[[File:Kaak's Common man.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Kaak's Everyman]]
Kaak was born 16 March 1940, at village Pura, [[Unnao]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], the son of a freedom fighter. He trained to work as a mechanical engineer, but gave up the field to pursue cartooning. His first cartoon was published in ''[[Dainik Jagran]]'' in 1967. He has worked as an editorial cartoonist with ''[[Jansatta]]'' ([[Indian Express]] group) from 1983 to 1985 and with ''[[Navbharat Times]]'' ([[Times of India]] group) from July 1985 to Jan 1999. He has also been published in ''Dinman'', ''[[Shankar's Weekly]]'', ''Current'', ''[[Blitz (newspaper)|Blitz]]'', ''Ravivar'', ''Itwari Patrika'', ''[[Dharamyug]]'', and ''Saptahik Hindustan''. National Hindi dailies such as ''Dainik Jagran'', ''[[Aaj (newspaper)|Aaj]]'', ''[[Navjivan (newspaper)|Navjeevan]]'', ''[[Rajasthan Patrika]]'', and ''[[Amar Ujala]]'' have carried his work. At present he contributes to the webportal ''[[Prabhasakshi]]''.

He was also Elected as the first president of ''Cartoonists' Club of India''.<ref>First Elected President of [http://ccindia.webs.com/about-us Cartoonists' Club of India]</ref>

Kaak is very commonly called as the Cartoonist of masses,<ref>The Cartoonist of masses : [http://www.marketing-avenues.com/kaakpage.html Marketing-Avenues]</ref> adding that his greatness lies in his brilliant understanding of the problems of the people at the grassroots level. Yet, unlike [[R. K. Laxman|Laxman]]’s Common Man, Kaak’s Everyman is not a silent spectator to the goings-on. He is a vocal commentator. Kaak’s female characters too are strong characters.<ref name=Kaak>{{cite web|title=Kaak Biography|url=http://cartoonistsindia.com/htm/pr_kaak.htm|publisher=[[Indian Institute of Cartoonists|IIC]]}}</ref>

==Awards and Honors==
* Honored with "[[Kaka Hathrasi|Kaka Hathrasi Samman]]" by Hindi Academy Delhi: 2003 <ref>[https://m.aajtak.in/india-today-hindi-plus/miscellaneous/story/corona-covid-19-kak-cartoonist-frontier-gandhi-cartoonist-kak-1180694-2020-04-14 करोना भी रोक नही सका काक को] AajTak: April 14, 2020</ref>
* Honored by [[Kerala Lalithakala Akademi|Kerala Lalit Kala Academy]] and [[Kerala Cartoon Academy]] during cartoon camp at [[Ernakulam]] (Kochi): 2009
* Felicitated with Lifetime Achievement Award by [[Indian Institute of Cartoonists]], [[Bangalore]] : 2009 <ref>Lifetime Achievement Award to Kaak, dated 18 May 2009 : by [http://www.cartoonistsindia.com/htm/nationalCC.htm IIC]</ref>
* Felicitated with Lifetime Achievement Award by Dr. [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] at Cartoon Festival, New Delhi, under the auspices of Cartoon Watch: 2011 <ref>Hindustan Times dated 30 April 2011 : [http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-India/30thIndiainpics/Article4-691646.aspx India at large]</ref>
* National Award for the excellence in journalism, 2016; organised by [[Press Council of India]]: 2017 <ref>NAEJ:2016 at Vigyan Bhavan on 16 Nov. 2017 : [http://presscouncil.nic.in/WriteReadData/Pdf/nafeij.pdf Page 9/11]</ref>

==Books==

*''Nazariya'', a collection of selected cartoons from at day to day issues, compiled by Vinod Bhardwaj, Published by [[Rupa & Co.]] : 1989 <ref>A Collection of cartoons : {{YouTube|ir9SUBL4y3k|नज़रिया}}</ref>
*''Kargil Kartoons'', During [[Kargil War]], with a support of the cartoons of seven other leading cartoonists, a collection of cartoons dedicated to the Indian defense forces: 1999<ref>Kargil Kartoons {{YouTube|gUZHllsiexI|a collection of cartoons}}</ref>
*''Laugh as you Travel'', on the occasion of completing 150 glorious years of [[Indian Railways]] a collection of 50 cartoons made by Kaak and [[Shekhar Gurera]] : 2000 <ref>Swatantra Bharat, Lucknow on August 26, 2000 [http://www.readwhere.com/read/154195/g4u-MEDIA/Aug262000-Swatantra-Bharat#page/1/2 रेलवे यात्रा पर कार्टूनों की एक उम्दा बानगी ]</ref>

==Reception==
* Like Charlie Brown, ultimately the appeal of Kaak's persona, lies in his ability to laugh and feel ashamed at human folly : [[Mrinal Pandey]] <small>(Editor-in-chief Dainik Hindustan, Hindustan Times Publications)</small><ref>Opinion [http://www.marketing-avenues.com/kaaktoons%20opinion01.htm Mrinal Pandey]</ref>
* I am speaker of Loksabha (Parliament) merely with five hundred members, while Kaak is speaker of Loksabha with members in millions : [[Balram Jakhar]] <small>(Speaker of Lok Sabha, 16 Dec. 1986, Public Honour in Haridwar)</small><ref>Opinion [http://www.marketing-avenues.com/kaaktoons%20opinion02.html Balram Jakhad]</ref>

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