6 cartoonists get Life Time Achievement Award
   Date :12-Feb-2020

6 cartoonists get Life Ti
 
 
Staff Reporter :
 
RAIPUR,
 
The cartoonists were awarded in the Cartoon Festival organised by Cartoon Watch, the only monthly cartoon magazine of India 
 
Cartoon Watch, the only monthly cartoon magazine of India organised a Cartoon Festival in The Park Hotel, Hyderabad. Chief guest of the function was CMD of NMDC N Baijendra Kumar (IAS). Six cartoonists were honoured with life time achievement award by the magazine. Life Time Achievement Awardees of 2019 were cartoonists late Mohan (Posthumous), Mr Jayadev Babu and M S Ramakrishna. Life Time Achievement Awardees of 2020 were Narsim (cartoonist of Nava Telangana Daily), Shankar (cartoonist Sakshi Daily) and Mrityunjay (cartoonist of Namasthe Telangana Daily).
 
Baijendra Kumar inaugurated the cartoon festival by drawing a cartoon with quick strokes and that surprised all the cartoonists present. Kumar is not only a cartoon lover but he also do doodling. Addressing the cartoon festival, the chief guest said that Cartoonists are the mirror of the society and they draw the truth with stroke of humour. He said that they expose the pain of society and at the same time bring smile on readers face.
 
He appreciated the effort of Cartoon Watch, for felicitating the real heroes of the society. On the occasion, Special Guests of the function Allam Narayana, Chairman of Telangana Press Academy, Mamidi Hari Krishna, Director Language & Culture, Government of Telangana, Katta Shekar Reddy, Editor, Namasthe Telangana, S Varriah Editor of Nava Telangana also addressed the function. A special issue of Cartoon Watch was released on the occasion by the guests. Speaking on the occasion, Cartoon Watch Editor Triambak Sharma said that after successful Cartoon Festivals in Delhi, Mumbai, Raipur, Pune and Chennai this year they selected Hyderabad. He also displayed a power point presentation on the journey of Cartoon Watch, which has felicitated cartoonists R K Laxman, Sudhir Tailang, Aabid Surti, Pran, Ajit Ninan, Bala Saheb Thackeray and many others with Life Time Achievement Awards. This event was supported by NMDC, Cultural Department of Chhattisgarh and The Park hotel, Hyderabad.