Aseem trivedi and the big fat indian protest

Truth be told, I didn’t find Aseem Trivedi’s cartoons all that good. They were abrasive and critical but humorous, I don’t think so. Trivedi’s bestial drawings were simple sketches (yeah I would not call them drawings because of the simple reason that they were not at all sarcastic, humorous or eye awakening) which were intended to offend. To call them cartoons is like comparing Priya Rai with Aishwarya Rai.

Gang rape of Mother India? Come on. Where’s the satire in that? Kasab, a dog urinating on the Indian constitution? Can someone please tell him that there is something known as decency. However comparing The Parliament as a toilet bowl was a clever analogy, but that was not real but just copied from an artist who had used it once in America.

Cartoons are made with the purpose of making people aware about the indecencies prevailing in the society sarcastically. Cartoons are sophisticated instruments used in humor. They cannot be understood by everybody (like our politicians) and also cannot be made by everybody (like our famous friend Aseem Trivedi).

The Problem with Trivedi’s cartoons was that they had lost their touch of humor. Insults were cheap like being taken from a C grade south Indian movie. There was nothing witty or sarcastic about it. I mean, he explained that Kasab urinating on the Constitution was that 4 years were taken to give a court verdict against a person who was accused of such a big crime. But I think it is an achievement for us and thing to be proud about that our constitution is just and fair for everyone.  He was very lucky to escape with no serious harms because with the likes of Bal and Raj Thackrey dictating the political scene of Mumbai, he could have probably landed in the Ganges in the form of ashes, it was only because there is a kind of nationalist sentiment pervasive in last few years that people who had not even seen the cartoons came out protesting against his arrest. Ironical na, that only sometimes does the government do the right thing and we come out on roads protesting.  

waaahhhhhhh!!!!!