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'''Chackalethu John Yesudass''' (born 1938), popularly known as '''Yesudasan''', is a popular [[cartoonist]] from [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web|title=C. J. Yesudasan|url=http://www.cartoonistsindia.com/htm/pr_yesudasan.htm|publisher=Indian Institute of Cartoonists}}</ref> He is the founder chairman of the [[Kerala Cartoon Academy]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2017 |title=Five-day caricature and cartoon festival begins |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/five-day-caricature-and-cartoon-festival-begins/articleshow/58527487.cms |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> and former chairman of the [[Kerala Lalithakala Akademi]].<ref name='kesari'>{{Cite web |date=11 February 2021 |title=Cartoonist Yesudasan bags Swadeshabhiman-Kesari award |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/cartoonist-yesudasan-bags-swadeshabhiman-kesari-award-1.5429893 |website=[[Mathrubhumi]]}}</ref><br />
==Career==<br />
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Born on June 12, 1938, in [[Bharanikkavu]] near [[Mavelikkara]], Yesudasan published his first cartoon in 1955 in a magazine called ''Asoka'' published from Kottayam. He entered the world of political cartoons in 1960, drawing for ''[[Janayugom]]'', the Malayalam daily of the [[Communist Party of India]]. He worked there for three years, drawing a pocket cartoon with the character 'Kittumman', after which he joined ''[[Shankar's Weekly]]'' in Delhi. From 1969, he was the editor of ''Balayugam'', a children's magazine in Malayalam and edited ''Asadha'', ''Cut-Cut'' and ''Tuk-Tuk'', popular satirical magazines on politics and cinema. He joined the [[Malayala Manorama]] group in 1985 as staff cartoonist, running cartoon columns in the paper and ''[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Life and Times of Cartoonist Yesudasan|url=http://yesudasan.info/}}</ref><br />
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Yesudasan has authored four books — ''Aniyara'', ''Pradhama Dhrusti'', ''Post Mortem'' and ''Varayile Nayanar''. He was cartoonist of the year award winner of [[Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram|Thiruvananthapuram Press Club]] in 1990 and 1992. He wrote the dialogues for the Malayalam film ''[[Panchavadi Palam]]'' by director [[K. G. George]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2020 |title=‘Panchavadi Palam’: KG George’s political satire that never gets old |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/panchavadi-palam-kg-george-s-political-satire-never-gets-old-135029 |website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref><br />
Yesudasan lives with his wife Mercy and their three sons in [[Kochi]].<br />
==Awards==<br />
In 2001, he was felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the [[Indian Institute of Cartoonists]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Govind |first=Ranjani |date=6 February 2019 |title=Housing telling lines |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/platform-for-showcasing-cartoons/article26193502.ece |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> In 2021, he won the ''Swadeshabimani-Kesari'' award, the highest honor given by the [[Government of Kerala]] for media persons, for his contributions to the cartoon and media sector.<ref name='kesari' /><br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://yesudasan.info/ Official website]<br />
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*[http://www.cartoonistsindia.com/htm/pr_yesudasan.htm Yesudasan's profile at Indian Institute of Cartoonists]<br />
*[http://cartoonistyesudasan.blogspot.in/ Yesudasan's Blog]<br />
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