Ritu Gairola Khanduri
Asia Life
The Shadow of Doubt: India, Pakistan, and Vulgar Cartoons in 1947
A look back at political cartoons on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan.
By Ritu Gairola Khanduri
“Will you please see the cartoon in Dawn of 1 January? This is particularly offensive,” wrote Jawaharlal Nehru in 1947 to the Congress stalwart Sardar Patel.
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The Authors
Ritu Gairola Khanduri is the author of Caricaturing culture in India: Cartoons and history in the modern world. She is a cultural anthropologist and historian of India with interests in media, material culture, and Gandhi.