Jest in Time : A Cavalcade of Cartoons Over 175 Years

If India did not exist, cartoonists may have had to invent it. Perhaps no other country in the world presents such rich and varied material for the depiction of humor as does India. Humor is the harmonious reconciliation of opposites and India abounds in opposites: the corrupt, overweight VVIP and the skinny and honest aam admi, the pompous politico and the skeptical voter, the tangled red tape of bureaucracy and the Indian genius for jugged which innovative cuts through it all. The Times of India is proud to present from its archives this pageant of cartoons that portrays the trials and the travails, the triumphs and the zest for life that make up the never say die spirit of India.