Friday 20 July 2012

Say A Resolute No To Corruption, says Justice Hegde !


Say A Resolute No To Corruption, says Justice Hegde !

Former Lokayukhtha Justice Santosh  Hegde called upon the student community to fight for ending corruption in society.



"I have come not to ask for votes, but to seek your support to fight corruption" said  Justice Hegde (72) in his opening remarks.

Addressing the gathering of New Horizon College, Bangalore, on Thursday afternoon (19/07/2012) Justice Hegde remarked the “galloping speed with which corruption has surged in our country”. "In 1950, Rs.100/- was considered a huge bribe amount and only a handful of cases would be reported. Even the District Collector’s salary then used to be about Rs.300/-.  Just see the contrast – in 2010, 2Gscam alone accounted for Rs.176,000 crore even when compared to Bofors scam figure of Rs.64 crore",  he recalled.

“In 2008, Govt. of Switzerland made a public statement that banks in Switzerland has US$1,456 billion of Indian deposits.  Interest on this total deposit alone can wipe out Indian budget deficit plus all our foreign debt in 24 hours.  Supreme Court directed  the Government of India to take the money out, noting nothing much happened after it”, he said highlighting the enormity of the stash money.

Referring to the way our democratic system is functioning, “how many of us can boldly and proudly say this is my/our  government?" he posed.  This democracy is for some people, by some people and of some people”,  languished  the Justice.

Citing a parliamentarian’s remark in the House who questioned the “audacity” of the man (Anna Hazare) to call the Prime Minister, a public servant, the former Justice  said the nation does not belong to legislature, bureaucracy or judiciary, but to WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA.  “Who am I” will be the title when he writes an autobiography, he added.

He also observed the haste in which business was conducted in the parliament, mentioning  that “17 Bills were passed in Lok Sabha within 12minutes. Who discussed the bills? Fortunately  it did not go through in Rajya  Sabha”.

He expressed concern on the deplorable current state of affairs that continues even after 62 years of independence and urged the need for reforms on various fronts like, electoral, judicial, police and medical ... to name a few. He strongly recommended that the performance audit of the elected representatives must be drawn  and published; 51 per cent of the votes to  be polled for getting elected; not to be permitted to contest if there are any criminal cases pending against them.

A few sprinklers out of the Justice mouth:

-In the pornography episode  which "caught" three ministers of Karnataka, the then Chief Minister’s defence was that 23 opposition  also watched pornography.  Why not have a big screen on the floor so that all can see it?.. quipped the Justice.
-In government hospitals, go vertically and return horizontally!
-It takes minimum 10 years for the case of prevention of corruption Act when it comes up for hearing. 10 years is a long time, by which evidence would disappear.
- Currency is softer than corruption.
-Out of every rupee spent by the government only 15 paise goes to the actual beneficiary.
-Out of 542 members, only 192 spoke in the parliament.
-Corrupt people are not human beings – homosapiens of a man or woman
-Corruption is born with the birth of civilization.
-I am proud to make a statement that I am the only SC judge after retirement to have come to streets to fight against corruption.
-"Become anything you want to become, But first become human".

In his address, Mr. Prithivi Reddy, Core Member, India Against Corruption furnished data from the affidavits of MPs/MLAs: Out of 4,835 MLAs/MPs – 1,498 or 31 per cent have criminal cases against them; 50 lakh bogus ration cards detected in Karnataka.  "We live in cocoon, it could burst any time", Mr. Reddy cautioned, adding that "Patriotism is not just fighting a war, but fight for what is right for the country".

Mr. Mohan Manghnani, Chairman, New Horizon Educational Institution exhorted the students to actively take part in the activities of India Against Corruption.  Mr. Maghnani believes in having “multiple dreams and striving to fulfill them for a society free of corruption”.

Mr. Jawahar Mirazkar, Principal: “New Horizon provides a platform for its students’ overall development and grooms them to be able to face the real world”. On the social evil corruption: “I along with my college have been a part of the INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION movement from the very beginning and intend to support it till the very end”.
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Tuesday 17 July 2012

Parties or Funerals! Jeans Are Forever!!


Parties or Funerals!      Jeans Are Forever!!

Odd to see someone, unmindful of age, gender, geography…..who doesn’t wear jeans.  Doubtful if anyone’s wardrobe will be without the denim fabric. Guys and Gals walk in jeans, talk in jeans, dance in jeans,  sleep in jeans…. Because it is durable? Material is thicker? Fashionable? Just casual? Feel privileged? Cute & Comfy? Stretchy & Sexy? Low maintenance?...... Could be any number of reasons? Or no reason at all? Just wear jeans!

A little more than an inquiring mind to pursue the details about the most preferred casual wear that will always be in vogue, led us to meet  Mr. B.J. Saiswarroop, General Manager, Zovi, Bangalore. 



Excerpts from the jeanterview:

Why jeans the most popular casual dress all over the world, cutting across gender and geography, reason and season ?
Jeans( layman's term), now  popularly known as Denims(technical term) is perhaps the best clothing mankind ever asked for, its for all seasons, no geographical undertone; more worn-out and it gets that much more fashionable and valued more as well, I’ve never come across any other fabrication that can most certainly be compared to an antique piece.

Do you see jeans as a mere casual wear or more than a fashion statement?
It depends on how you want to fashion your way with a Jean ..it can blend into both easily !!

 “Never wear  jeans for a job, no matter how casual the job is”.  Tropical spots do not help relish formal clothing for obvious climatic reasons.  On the contrary, they don’t present pleasant and also look over-dressed.  Why not sport a semi-casual attire? How about a nice-collared shirt with well-pressed jeans?
While denims have been associated  quite a bit with Friday dressing, personally I would want to wear it all the time, fortunately for me have always been associated with an organization that doesn’t dress formal, may be a clean look on the jean with a white shirt could be an ideal way of semi formalizing the office wear and accept it as an offshoot of  formal wear, extending this with an odd coat almost covers for a suit! it’s the thought process that has to change. Mostly, some section which I would recommend perhaps a little out of the box would be for school children, you can these days get a stretch denims which will make the life of playing children comfortable and yet can manage all the wear and tear!

What is your take on fashion in today’s scenario?
Whatever one’s comfortable wearing becomes fashionable as long as they can carry themselves with what they are wearing.

How was “jeans” accepted as an universally acceptable casual wear?
It dates back when the coalminers in the west took it outside their functional work place.   It became popular once this got out of and became a household overall suit and provided so much a protection first and it was long lasting too.  

What could be the percentage of jeans market compared to other casual wear? Do you see any competition to wearing jeans?
I haven’t seen another fabric developed which even comes close to a jean thus far, so it just stands out as the fabric you can die for when it comes to your wardrobe.  I would rate the jean market as a whole to a good 30-40 % in the Apparel world and its growing further with all the R & D happening  with it subjected to  variable washing all over the world.

“The longer you wear or the less washed, the more character and attitude they acquire”.
This argument is a little subjective as I would like to believe its horses for courses as an example in cold countries, it protects from the chill especially as a bottom wear, you can use it as a sustainable source and save water [ on a lighter note!!]  Out in India our summers are harsh, although we could still pull up a denim to quickly venture out ..esp.. if you are a man, I would still recommend to wash it after about 2 /3 alternate usage. As well as my earlier comment too, as they say with age you get wise, the denims mature with age dishing out.

Can you briefly tell something about the types of jeans – say, like classic fit, straight fit, skinny leg….?
As the world evolved and took the fashion alongside, different fits with stretch peppered in, gave denims another lease of life, it thus captured the imagination of all the contemporary designers who idolized denims and dished out another ensemble on its way to popularity.

Do you have jeans types for different seasons/geographic/climatic conditions?
Yes jeans/Denims come in different thickness, and functionality to cater to all the differential seasons, denims can come with a thickness starting from 3/5 ounce to one that gets up to 16/17 ounce, the heavier it gets its translated to more than a casual wear/trouser in particular…as we all know the jeans from its birth….there are drift moisture managed denims, there are denims which stretch 2 way/4 way too …denims that are bruised and battered which ends up eventually on the fashion podium.   

Recently I came across a pair of jeans (Levi’s) costing US$ 46,000/-.  Can you throw some light on the significance for such a staggering price tag?
I know for a fact that a polo tee in one of the L Capital-managed-high-end-store in Delhi costs about Rs 26k …in our Bangalore Levise stores the highest pair of jeans that I have seen is around Rs 14 k …..all of these prices make no sense so far as the material going in is concerned…perhaps some gold or diamond could be studded in place of the common rivets on the jeans, else it could just be a fashion statement made subtly and something which has a unique selling point as far as its attestation is concerned, it could have been signed off for a super model or perhaps a signature line with some popular actor statesman, politician  …..when people are rich enough to own a Picasso, I wun shudder to think in the recent times that  a pair of jean costing as much as $ 46 k would be a master piece, however that’s the way it works…I guess.     

How is the global market share is distributed?
Global market share is distributed in terms of tiering of brands and designer labels…say for instance Levise, Lee, wrangler are the primary denim brands with every other brand falling suit ..I can put a rough figure of  the first 3 capturing @least 60 % of the world market share and the rest filling in as an approximate measure.

How does washing, shrinking and bleaching makes an impact on the fabric?
Washing accomplishes shrinking  and is the integral part of the Jean. It’s the world of washing that does jeans the way it turns out to be ….in fact all of this started off with the indigo dye which under different wash conditions gives out hundreds of shades with most of the times is so typical that it cannot be duplicated no matter what sort of scientific recipe one would give it, Bleaching is also a part of the wash process where you would want a jean that is typically worn out of the indigo dye and renders the jean colorless. 

Are all jeans of the same basic quality? Why are they priced so differently?
The basic quality of the Jean is attributed towards its weight to start of and the kind of weave that it hold, the prices come in different simply because of the wash, which is the biggest value addition and of course the fit which people symbolize with ….I for one can swear by the Levise Fit and till date, while I have experimented, have not seen another brand that fits as good as a Levise. 

How will you be able to tell a fine-quality denim from a lower-quality denim?
Everything about a denim is determined by the wash it carries no matter what the weight of the fabric is.

What if you don’t want to spend a lot of money on a pair, but you still want a quality product (of course you are ready to compromise on the brand)- what characteristics that you would look for when you are buying the jeans?
I would first think about the fit as far as am concerned, after which I would look for the feel of the denim ..i prefer it nicely washed down and with  a soft hand, then I would perhaps look at the shade that it bring in …I prefer a gradual washed down effect to  the one which has too many patches and looks really busy when you wear it, secondly I don't think I can carry off the one which has too many finishes on it. 

Why some designs fade very fast?
Fading is part of a deal in denim, every denim is made to fade after a few number of washed and further more as part of its complete life cycle, some designs perhaps fade faster than you like it because it might not have been washed out effectively during the first stage of its transformation.

How can you help a common person identify a good pair of jeans from a duplicate one?
This one is not that easy, because theses days the knock offs [ duplicates are so well made]…however there are a few points where you want to look into like the zipper finishing and the belt loops on the outside and the finishing on the inside upper back as well as the pocket bags [ which are normally compromised by the fakes]….the rivets carrying the logos as well as the brand  patch at the back are give aways if you observe well enough.

When you say jeans, you instantly think of denim blue; why other colors didn’t become prominent?
That’s because indigo dyes which make up for the typical blue could not be replaced by any other color for long till another form of direct dyes were found out, after which all kinds of colors started to flow in

How is the export-market for Indian manufactured jeans?
The brands have typically made country of origins a mere pushover simply because the processes of making a denim all over the world with a particular brand is the same, the only difference is perhaps the price that is determined by the cost of manufacturing, else denims/their fits all over the world with a particular brand will be the same.

When you wear tight jeans (ladies in particular), squeezing into tight pants – does it cause numbness or leave a dark impression or any nerve compression or any abdominal discomfort due to ill-fitting clothes?
Tight fitting clothes do suffocate the skin to a large extent, however science has prevailed and technology has made life easier typically in the form of breathable fabrics where the air movement eases the skin and  renders the wearer less discomfort, and with stretch fabrics coming in skin tights  became more popular and they also made a fashion statement with the additional SLIM persona which typically would divulge  women’s curves.

Do you think that garment industry can initiate that jeans be projected as a better, clean and professional formal wear?
More than the garment industry I would think the fashion industry will yet change the name of the game in denim…there were so many occasions when we did sign off that denims will loose its sheen and will fade out….on the contrary our thoughts had to fade out as the denims always came back with a bang and dominated the fashion like no other fabric/style quotient does.

What can be the best match for denim-blue jeans trouser – shirt or tee?
My typical all time favourite which still looks classy and chic on a man …WHITE SHIRT AND A BLUE JEAN !!

What is your estimate as an average price for a good  pair of jeans (in us$)?
Typically a Jean starts off from $28 and ranges up to 70 dollars for a high end on a upper middle class level, however in all dimensions one should get a nice brand of jean for about 40 dollars !!

Last, what is the best alternative to jeans?
If not a jean pant …I would still prefer a jean short !!! ….guess there’s no particular replacement for denim …@least I perhaps wun see in this lifetime of mine, if there comes one I did be completely surprised and shocked ,,,,,STILL….yet  I would go for a denim.

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Mr.Saiswarroop has been with the Apparel industry for about 18 years now.  An industrial engineer, Mr.Swarroop had earlier worked as Product Development Manager with Nike Sourcing India Ltd. for 14 years and has wide exposure in inherent garment product knowledge and has widely travelled.
He has also managed teams of various categories of business units within Nike, product commercialisation that includes product approvals, starting from development, costing and getting the product buy ready, testing processes, managing the best lead times; in the recent responsibility also managed sports graphics tees, across all Nike categories NFL [national football league] and track and field products.












Friday 13 July 2012

Can Brain Understand The Brain?

Can Brain Understand The Brain?

“Biology gives you brain. Life turns it into a mind.” 
-Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex



That was an inspiring talk by Prof .K.J. Rao*!


Topic:  “ Brain Makes us Human and Chemistry Makes the Brain”!
Venue: The National College, Basavangudi, Bangalore
Date & Time: 11/07/2012  6 p.m.
Organised by: The Bangalore Science Forum

                  


Fore-note:

While I accidentally stumbled upon the event  and entered the auditorium with the preconceived notion that the topic would be totally medical one (outside my purview), and hence occupied a seat close to the exit door, so that I could silently sneak out at any stage during the course of the lecture.  Believe me, I was the last to exit along with the Professor.  So captivating was the talk! And so audience-friendly was Prof. Rao.

Though each slide contained obvious medical and technical terms, the manner in which Prof. Rao synchronized it to our brain made the talk and the evening a memorable one.  What is more, I even made an effort to take some notes.  I wouldn’t call this an article or a story.  These are some of the concepts not just academic but something which every human should be aware of those related to the parts/ functions of the brain.  I have made an attempt to cull out the essentials from the mix of medico-technical stuff of the presentation, which might more sound like answers to short-notes questions in an examination. Bear with me, otherwise!

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The human brain is the centre of the human nervous system.  The important parts of the human brain include cerebrum or cerebral cortex and the brain structures underneath it play important role in our human emotions.  The cerebellum and the brain stem are believed to be the earliest structures which evolved into human brain.

Each half of the cerebrum, said to be the famous and largest part of the brain (85% of the brain), has four different lobes that each one controls: a) speech b) vision c) movement and d) ideas, thinking and planning.

Interestingly, the weight of the human brain is 1400 grams.  (Is it the same for every body, both  men and women?).
The cerebrum is divided into two hemispheres.  The left hemisphere controls movements on the right side of the body, receives the auditory input for the right ear, visual input from the right half of the visual field, and vice versa.

It is very exciting to know the growth of the brain during pregnancy.  By 40 weeks, the brain increases in its size and complexity. The number of neurons (nerve cells) in the brain does not increase after birth, but the links between the nerves continue to develop.

Brain cells cannot divide and replace themselves like other cells in the body.  By the time people enter their 60s,70s,80s and 90s, they might have lost about 5 to 20 per cent of their original tissue. That is why some older people (of course, not all!) slow down mentally or have trouble remembering.

Human brains are ultimately high in complexity.  There are over 100 billion neurons (can be compared to the number of stars in the milkyway?).  Each making 1000 – 10000 connections and the total connections works out to about 100 trillion  -  a figure beyond human comprehension.

Prof. Rao clarified that “even the most powerful computers in the world today are crude machines compared to the exquisite complexity of the human brain”. 

A neuron makes an average 15000 connections in adult brain.  The brain is only 2 % of our body weight; it  consumes 20 % of our  energy.

A bundle of neurons is known as a nerve and  also known as track in the Central Nervous System (CNS).  The CNS is divided into two parts: the brain and the spinal cord.  The spinal cord is about  45 cms long in  adult men and weighs about 35 – 40 gms.  There are 10 billion neurons in it.  The vertebral column that houses the spinal cord is about 70 cms long.

The brain is fed by large arteries that carry about 1700 ml of blood to the brain every minute.  This blood supply is its only source of nutrients and oxygen.  The brain uses 20 per cent of the oxygen needs of the whole body.  If blood supply is interrupted by blood clot, brain damage will quickly occur, resulting in a stroke.   Many small blood clots (mini-strokes) over a period of years cause cumulative damage which is responsible for about 20% of dementia (progressive deterioration in the ability of processing thought) in elderly.
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Beware of “drugs”!  You will never be yourself again. 
People on drugs are wasted all the time and don’t grow.  Being high turns off that subtle part of life in which we process our experiences and ideas and develop insights.
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Brain waves, we get all the time.

Alpha waves – Truly relaxed;  fresh creative energy brains  begin to flow, fears vanish and one experiences a sense of peace and well-being.
Theta waves – deeper relaxation and meditation.  Brain activity slows almost to the point of sleep;  restores long forgotten memories.
Delta waves – the slowest of brainwave activity is found during sleep and dreamless sleep; also sometimes found in experienced  meditators.
Hippocampus (involved in the formation of new memories and is also associated with learning and emotions) is intimately involved with memory processing and the frontal cortex (which regulates decision making, problem solving, consciousness and emotions) with logical and rational thought.  These are affected severely in Alzheimer’s Disease patients.
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Memory is a great gift of nature.

Working memory – very short term memory for things being experienced now is working memory.
Non-Declarative memory – includes skill learning, implicit learning and habituation.
Declarative memory and Hippocampus -  Declarative memory covers the memory of facts such as events and names, which do not need to be repeated for them to sink in.  Experiences which are destined to be laid down as long term memories are shunted down to the hippocampus where they are held in storage for 2-3 years.
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Dreams consist partly of a rerun of things that have happened during the day, fired up to the cortex by the hippocampus.
Memory is created by association between a group of neurons such that when one fires, they all fire, producing a specific pattern.
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Alzheimer’s disease – a brain disorder named after German physician Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in 1906.  (Parkinson’s disease belongs to this group).
-Areas of the brain tissue are damaged and messages do not transmit, causing the symptoms of the disease. There is a slow but relentless destruction of nervous cells.  This destruction leads to selective loss of mental function, especially memory.
Patients with advanced Alzheimer’s disease – Memory loss (especially for recent events), confusion, poor concentration, disorientation and sometimes changes in personality.  In later stages it may be accompanied by aggressive behavior, depression or a tendency to wander off.

Eventually, almost complete loss of memory, failure to recognize surroundings and loved ones, loss of language, and of the ability to recognize and use of familiar objects.  The individual becomes fully dependent for all their basic needs.


The most tragic, isn’t it?

My doubt: Can Brain Understand The Brain?  Appears more a paradox!
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There were plenty of feedback queries like brain vs dream, brain vs coma, brain vs epilepsy, brain vs mind, brain vs hypnosis....that  comes to mind.  Due to paucity of time, it is left to, probably,  another session.


Thank you, Professor,  for making a person like me who did not have an iota of an idea as to what is the inside of the brain.  You have kindled to ask for more!
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Prof. K.J. Rao*
Ph.D. (IIT/K)D.Sc. (IISc) F.A.Sc. F.N.A.
Education: B.Sc (Honours) Mysore University, India (1960)
                    M.Sc., Mysore University, India (1961)
                      PhD., I.I.T. Kanpur (1967)
                     D.Sc. I.I.Sc.,Bangalore, India (1988)
Prof. Rao is also associated with authoring over 250 publications.

Saturday 7 July 2012

Aversion to cartoons? Publish and Be Damned!


A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people - John F. Kennedy



“Govt  to ban cartoons from school text books” (Deccan Herald, May 14)







The above is one of the cartoons.

It is sad a controversy kicked up on Ambedkar-Nehru cartoon in the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) text book of Grade XII.  The cartoon depicts Nehru, with a whip in his hand, behind Ambedkar seated on a snail.  The caricature attributes to the "delay in drafting the Constitution".  It is plain insipid to utter  something as  "educationally inappropriate" because it is "politically sensitive".

I don’t, for a moment, think that Dr. Ambedkar is to be reckoned as a leader of Dalits only.  He has played yeoman’s role in shaping and drafting the great document The Constitution. If Mahatma Gandhi was called The Father of the Nation, Dr. Ambedkar was called The Father of the Indian Constitution.  It is not fair to divide such great leaders into small fragments.
“What is extremely disturbing is the manner in which the Education Minister Mr. Kabil Sibal apologised in Parliament and conceded to the demands of the MPs by stating that he has directed the NCERT to remove the so-called objectionable caricatures and stop the distribution of books. He also stated that he had taken action by setting up a committee to look at the entire gamut of cartoons in textbooks and their content to ensure material of this nature is taken out of textbooks”. (The Hindu, May 18, 2012)
None of these cartoons would be banned in any other democracy.  Clearly, an assault on freedom of expression!
Creating a wrangle out of a cartoon has become a political phenomenon.  The point the cartoon is trying to make has been misunderstood (or, as often, wantonly misinterpreted for political mileage). 
Courtesy: Wikepedia
A satirical 1871 image of Charles Darwin as an ape (right) reflects part of the social controversy over whether humans and apes share a common lineage.  Are we to interpret that the author of  Theory of Evolution was sought to be decried? In which case, the whole of humanity should go up and agitate?
Cartoons in general, political cartoons to  be more specific, are indispensable.  R.K. Laxman, a genius political/social cartoonist has brought in the common  man’s woes through Common  Man. In his own words, Mr Laxman says, “What you have today is not democracy… Our politics is so sad that if I had not been a cartoonist, I would have committed suicide”.  Such is the passion of the great man, who found himself the ideal partner, his simple ‘common man’.
The beauty of a cartoon is that it makes a point, breaks the monotony of reading the mass of words and also gets entertained in the bargain.  When it is informative and entertaining, the relaxed reader gets clarity that helps him interpret.  Cartoons should not be taken literally and should not be understood as an exaggerated comment.  Even in some TV channels, puppet shows inspire political satire, and we have witnessed amplified animations and imitated voices that are employed to bring out humour.  The visual impact is too great to miss.  Politicians have no sense of fun, nor they accept reality.  Cartoons, you keep it or remove it; the truth of the matter will remain no matter what.  This reminds me of a tamil movie “Citizen”, where the politicians and bureaucrats manipulate to wipe out a village itself  from the map.
“To develop scientific temper” is one of the fundamental duties of Indian citizens, according to the Indian Constitution.   Discussion, argument and analysis are vital parts of scientific temper.  Elements of fairness, equality and democracy are built into it. The purpose of education is to create a quest for enquiry. Providing diverse points of view becomes essential to the educational process, which should have comprehensive outlook.  
The fables of Panchatantra have long established that education need not ever be bitter medicine. Cartoons and sketches do like-wise. They supplement and at times supplant the printed word.  It is not a magnified opinion that what a pompous editorial finds it hard to target is more instantly and adequately achieved by a few strokes of the brush, much to the likes of Shakespearean adage “brevity is the soul of wit”. “A picture (cartoon) speaks more than 1000 words” is equally, if not more, valid for caricature. A creative medium to express one’s impressions!
During Emergency, in the Indian context, cartoonists played a significant role in dishing out their opinions, while editorials were gagged.   A cartoon is best comprehended when the issue is in vogue and the impact is sensed instantly. It is believed that editorials are biased to the extent of the management policy of the respective publication, whereas a  cartoon is unbiased.  Editorials are more said to be the opinions of the intellectuals, whereas cartoons articulate the feelings and expressions of the millions of common man.   It is left to the imagination of the reader to interpret the cartoon.
Make no mistake! Political cartoons have become integral part of the society.  The more you resist, even more it will explode, all the more thanks to the  access and availability of greater social media networks like internet, FB, blogging………
May be you can even attempt to control inflation, but not, never corruption. It may be redundant yet relevant to remind that today’s politics is tomorrow’s history.    Indian history can be proud to present that Political Science as a subject will undoubtedly cover Corruption as a major option!!  In India, politician and corruption are made for each other.
After all , politics without cartoons would be like face without eyes.  In fact all the shame and scandals and scams must be vividly recorded in our academic texts with all the supporting documents using all the tools like cartoons, photos, diagrams, graphs .... for the future generations to know how the nation was administered and how tax payers’ money were looted!
This is also an excellent occasion to take up the creative hobby of “cartooning”.