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'''Kambalapally Chandra Shekar''' (16 July 1965 – 19 May 2014) was an [[India]]n [[editorial cartoonist|cartoonist]] known for his [[editorial cartoon|political cartoons]] in English and in [[Telugu language|Telugu]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
He was born to a [[Telugu people|Telugu]] family in [[Suryapet]], in the [[Nalgonda district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He completed his [[BSc]] degree in 1985 from [[Nagarjuna Government College]] in [[Nalgonda]], followed by an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in [[Telugu literature]] from [[Kakatiya University]], [[Warangal]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
He started his career with the ''[[Prajasakti]]'', a [[left-wing]] newspaper, in 1989. He later worked for the ''[[New Indian Express]]'' and ''[[Andhra Jyothy]]''. He also founded a forum for political cartoonists in Andhra Pradesh.<br />
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As of 2011, nearly 45,000 of Shekar's cartoons had appeared in [[English language|English]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]], and [[Marathi language|Marathi]] through his cartoon syndicate ''Shekartoons''. His fourth book of cartoons, ''Gidee Telangana'', was released in March 2010 in [[Hyderabad, India]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Cartoon collection |url=http://www.hindu.com/br/2004/07/27/stories/2004072700061402.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=27 July 2004 |accessdate=26 September 2010 }}</ref><br />
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Shekar visited Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles, Ohio, Florida in June and July 2011 on IVLP programme on Political cartoonists among three from India. His last English cartoons book, ''Colours of India'' (2011), was launched in America and India too.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Shekar Kambalapally died on 19 May 2014 after a prolonged illness. He is survived by his wife Chandrakala and his children Nandu and Chetana.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.shekartoon.blogspot.com ''Shekartoons-shekar blog'']<br />
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