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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Sudhir Dar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|05|14|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Allahabad]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|11|26|1932|05|14|}}<br />
| death_place = [[Noida]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| website = <br />
| image = Cartoonist Sudhir Dar1.jpg<br />
| image_size = 175px<br />
| occupation = [[Cartoonist]], [[illustrator]]<br />
| spouse = Rummy Dar<br />
| parents = [[Krishna Prasad Dar]] and Daya Shuri<br />
| children = 2<br />
| years_active = 1961–2019<br />
| signature =<br />
}}<br />
'''Sudhir Dar''' (14 May 1932 – 26 November 2019) was an Indian [[cartoonist]] and [[illustrator]]. Starting with ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' in 1961, he went on to work as the political cartoonist with ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' from 1967 for over two decades. Subsequently, he joined ''[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]]'' and in 2000 started working as a freelancer.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6immyO7MuM|title=Cartoonist Sudhir Dar (1932 - 2019) video while drawing|date=22 July 1995|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Sudhir Dar, who was of [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] descent, was born in 1932 in [[Allahabad]] to [[Krishna Prasad Dar]]. He earned a master's degree in geography from the [[University of Allahabad]].<ref name=encyl/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/renowned-cartoonist-sudhir-dar-best-known-for-portraying-bureaucratic-corruption-passes-away-at-87-7702351.html|title=Renowned cartoonist Sudhir Dar, best known for portraying bureaucratic corruption, passes away at 87|website=Firstpost|access-date=28 November 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Dar started his career with [[All India Radio]], working as an announcer in the 1950s. A sketch he drew of the news editor of ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' during a talk radio show led to an offer to work at the paper.<ref name="Meet Mr. Sudhir Dar" /> So, with no formal training,<ref>{{cite news |title=A humorous innings (Interview) |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-08-19/education/27256305_1_political-cartoonist-profession-pen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405102632/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-08-19/education/27256305_1_political-cartoonist-profession-pen |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 April 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=19 August 2001 }}</ref> he joined ''The Statesman'' under editor Evan Charlton in 1961 and continued until 1967 doing front-page pocket cartoons without captions titled ''Out of My Mind''.<ref name="Meet Mr. Sudhir Dar">{{cite web|url=http://bhashaindia.com/Patrons/SuccessStories/pages/SudhirDar.aspx|title=Meet Mr. Sudhir Dar|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=BhashaIndia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123052544/http://bhashaindia.com/Patrons/SuccessStories/pages/SudhirDar.aspx|archive-date=23 November 2010|access-date=}}</ref><!---Dar counts ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' and ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' as key influences, and [[K. Shankar Pillai]], and [[Enver Ahmed]] as members of the first generation of Indian cartoonists whom he looked up to.{{cn}}---><br />
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In 1967, Dar joined the largest-selling newspaper in North India, The ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', where he was the political staff cartoonist for over two decades.<ref name="bestoutlook">{{cite journal|last=Puri|first=Rajinder|title=Drawing Out His Best|journal=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|date=12 March 2001|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?211030}}</ref> Dar's pocket cartoon ''This is It'' appeared regularly on the front page. According to [[Maurice Horn]] in ''The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons'', Dar's time at the Hindustan Times was marked by acts of resistance against attempts to curtail his freedom, until he resigned in anger in 1989.<ref name="encyl">{{cite book|authorlink1=Maurice Horn|last=Horn|first=Maurice|year=1999|publisher=Chelsea House|title=The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons|isbn=0791051854|page=218|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=37gzAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Sudhir+Dar%22}}</ref><ref name="Meet Mr. Sudhir Dar" /><br />
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For a few years, Dar worked at [[The Independent (India)|''The Independent'']] in Bombay. Later, he also worked for ''[[The Pioneer (Indian newspaper)|The Pioneer]]'' from 1991 to 1998, and ''Delhi Times'' (a supplement of ''[[The Times of India]]'').<ref name="Meet Mr. Sudhir Dar" /> Dar retired in 2000, but continued working as a freelancer.<ref name="Meet Mr. Sudhir Dar" /><ref name=":0" /> His cartoons had also appeared in other publications like ''[[The New York Times]], [[Saturday Review (London newspaper)|Saturday Review]],'' ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]]'' and [[Mad (magazine)|''Mad'']].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/944975/cartoonist-sudhir-dar-dies-at-87|title=Cartoonist Sudhir Dar dies at 87|date=26 November 2019|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=28 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://madcoversite.com/mad147.html|title=Mad #147 December 1971|last=Gilford|first=Doug|publisher=Doug Gilford's Mad Cover Site}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/lr/2004/06/06/stories/2004060600100200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040620073856/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2004/06/06/stories/2004060600100200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 June 2004|title=Stock Talk|last=Shyam|first=Netra|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 June 2004}}</ref><br />
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After retirement, he worked as an illustrator on assignments for the [[World Bank]], [[Microsoft]] and various government departments including the Ministries of Tourism, External Affairs, and Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name="Meet Mr. Sudhir Dar" /><ref name="bestoutlook" /> He illustrated his father Krishna Prasad Dar's ''Kashmiri Cooking''. He also illustrated physicist [[Jayant Narlikar]]'s ''Journey Through the Universe''.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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His originals are reportedly in possession of the Queen of the United Kingdom, [[Richard Attenborough]], [[Yehudi Menuhin]] and many other leading politicians and celebrities.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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He lived in [[Gurgaon]], a suburb of Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-30/gurgaon/29721226_1_gurgaon-haryana-one-roads|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708012923/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-30/gurgaon/29721226_1_gurgaon-haryana-one-roads|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2012|title=Mr Hooda, give Gurgaon its due|date=30 June 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> He died on 26 November 2019 in [[Noida]] following cardiac arrest.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cartoonist-sudhir-dhar-dead-6137764/|title=Cartoonist Sudhir Dar passes away at 87|date=26 November 2019|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=28 November 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
According to the ''Indo-Asian News Service,'' although Sudhir Dar worked as a political cartoonist, he largely refrained from satirising specific politicians and events, instead taking digs at more general subjects such as corruption and bureaucracy.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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According to cartoonist [[Rajinder Puri]], "Dar was never by inclination a political cartoonist. He is not a political animal. His attitude to politics is somewhat akin to what I imagine would have been the attitude of [[Bertie Wooster]]. Dar's forte was humour. Pure humour of the zany kind."<ref name="bestoutlook" /><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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===As author and illustrator===<br />
* ''Out of My Mind''. ''The Statesman'', 1966.<br />
* ''This Is It!''. Vikas Pub. House, 1976.<br />
* ''Out of My Mind Again!''. Vikas Pub. House, 1977.<br />
* ''The Best of This Is It!''. Rupa & Co., 1988.<br />
* ''The Best of Sudhir Dar''. Penguin Books, 2000. {{ISBN|0141002468}}.<br />
* ''Sudhir Dar Classics''. Penguin Books, 2004. {{ISBN|0143031112}}.<br />
* ''The Mad, Mad World of Elections''. Penguin Books, 2004. {{ISBN|0143032038}}.<br />
* ''The Mad, Mad World of Cricket''. Penguin Books, 2007. {{ISBN|0143101846}}.<br />
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===As illustrator===<br />
* ''Kashmiri Cooking'' by [[Krishna Prasad Dar]]. Penguin Books, 1995. {{ISBN|0140255656}}.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* ''Journey Through the Universe'' by [[Jayant Narlikar]]. National Book Trust, 1989<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL875203A/Sudhir_Dar Sudhir Dar at Open Library]<br />
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