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'''''Shankar's Weekly''''' was an Indian satirical magazine published between 1948 and 1975. It was founded and run by [[Keshav Shankar Pillai]], a pioneering [[political cartoonist]]. The magazine has been compared to the UK's ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rao |first1=P. V. L. Narasimha |title=Style in Journalism |date=2011 |publisher=Readworthy Publications |isbn=978-93-5018-025-9 |page=102 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Style_in_Journalism/5G0gs0Tg7VUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Shankar%27s+Weekly&pg=PA102&printsec=frontcover}}</ref><br />
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The weekly printed its first issue in 1948 after Pillai left the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' following pressure from ''Times'' editor [[Devdas Gandhi]] to stop publishing cartoons critical of [[C. Rajagopalachari]], a prominent Congress leader. The magazine was launched by Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], with whom Pillai shared a close friendship, even though Pillai described the magazine as "fundamentally anti-establishment".<ref>{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Rachel |title=Shankar, the political cartoonist to whom Nehru said 'Don't spare me!' |url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/shankar-the-political-cartoonist-to-whom-nehru-said-dont-spare-me/340396/ |website=[[ThePrint]] |date=26 December 2019}}</ref><br />
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''Shankar's Weekly'' became a platform for aspiring cartoonists across the country. Prominent cartoonists who published in the weekly include [[R K Laxman]], [[Rajinder Puri]], [[Kevy (cartoonist)|Kevy]], [[Kutty (cartoonist)|Kutty]], [[Bal Thackeray]] and [[Yesudasan]]. The magazine invited contributions from readers in a designated space.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khanduri |first1=Ritu Gairola |title=Caricaturing Culture in India: Cartoons and History in the Modern World |date=October 2014 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-04332-9 |page=111 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Caricaturing_Culture_in_India/lf-GBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1}}</ref> Many cartoonists, such as [[E. P. Unny]], published through the readers' column. According to Unny, ''Shankar's Weekly'' was the "homing ground for the second generation of Indian political cartoons".<ref name="sahapedia" /> Shankar allowed a variety of styles to function together despite himself being a very powerful leader with certainty for the craft. There was no common house style; a variety of personal styles were created by the cartoonists.<ref name="sahapedia">{{cite interview|last=Unny|first=E. P.|subject-link=E. P. Unny|interviewer=Shruti Ravi|title=In Conversation with E.P. Unny|url=https://www.sahapedia.org/conversation-ep-unny|publisher=[[Sahapedia]]|date=15 November 2016|access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> <br />
In 1975, two weeks into [[The_Emergency (India)|The Emergency]], the magazine shut down after having run for 27 years. According to the founder, the Emergency was not the cause of the closure. Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] wrote a letter to Pillai on hearing of the closure, stating she will "miss the journal".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Purie |first1=Mandira |title=Cartoonist Shankar Pillai decides to close down his political journal Shankar's Weekly |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/media/story/19751215-cartoonist-shankar-pillai-decides-to-close-down-his-political-journal-shankars-weekly-824059-2014-07-07 |accessdate=10 October 2020 |work=[[India Today]] |date=December 15, 1975}}</ref><br />
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