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'''Kerala Varma''' ({{birth based on age as of date|86|2010|July|noage=1}} – 23 July 2010), popularly known as '''Kevy''', was an Indian [[political cartoonist]]. | '''Kerala Varma''' ({{birth based on age as of date|86|2010|July|noage=1}} – 23 July 2010), popularly known as '''Kevy''', was an Indian [[political cartoonist]]. | ||
Kevy began his career by publishing cartoons in ''[[Shankar's Weekly]]''. He later became a staff cartoonist at ''[[Eastern Economist]]''. During [[the Emergency (India)|the Emergency]], Kevy was jailed ostensibly for drawing caricatures critical of Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="PTI"/> Kevy drew his last cartoons for | Kevy began his career by publishing cartoons in ''[[Shankar's Weekly]]''. He later became a staff cartoonist at ''[[Eastern Economist]]''. During [[the Emergency (India)|the Emergency]], Kevy was jailed ostensibly for drawing caricatures critical of Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="PTI"/> Kevy drew his last cartoons for ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' in 2008 and 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevy sketched his last cartoons for Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2010/jul/24/kevy-sketched-his-last-cartoons-for-express-172479.html |website=The New Indian Express |date=24 July 2010}}</ref> | ||
Kevy believed in the distinction of cartoons from art, and chose to regard a cartoon as a message – the merit of which only depends on how effectively the message is conveyed. His style changed considerably over the course of his career.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khanduri |first1=Ritu Gairola |title=Caricaturing Culture in India: Cartoons and History in the Modern World |date=2014 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-04332-9 |pages=217–220 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lf-GBAAAQBAJ&q=Kevy+&pg=PA217}}</ref> | Kevy believed in the distinction of cartoons from art, and chose to regard a cartoon as a message – the merit of which only depends on how effectively the message is conveyed. His style changed considerably over the course of his career.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khanduri |first1=Ritu Gairola |title=Caricaturing Culture in India: Cartoons and History in the Modern World |date=2014 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-04332-9 |pages=217–220 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lf-GBAAAQBAJ&q=Kevy+&pg=PA217}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 10:15, 29 November 2021
Kerala Varma (1923/1924 – 23 July 2010), popularly known as Kevy, was an Indian political cartoonist.
Kevy began his career by publishing cartoons in Shankar's Weekly. He later became a staff cartoonist at Eastern Economist. During the Emergency, Kevy was jailed ostensibly for drawing caricatures critical of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.[1] Kevy drew his last cartoons for The New Indian Express in 2008 and 2009.[2]
Kevy believed in the distinction of cartoons from art, and chose to regard a cartoon as a message – the merit of which only depends on how effectively the message is conveyed. His style changed considerably over the course of his career.[3]
He died on 23 July 2010 in Kochi, aged 86.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cartoonist 'Kevy' is no more". Press Trust of India. Hindustan Times. 24 July 2010.
- ↑ "Kevy sketched his last cartoons for Express". The New Indian Express. 24 July 2010.
- ↑ Khanduri, Ritu Gairola (2014). Caricaturing Culture in India: Cartoons and History in the Modern World. Cambridge University Press. pp. 217–220. ISBN 978-1-107-04332-9.
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