It is a known fact that one of the criterias for American Presidentship is that the candidate should be a dog lover. We have seen American presidents panchant for dogs but Mr Obama is different , you know . Latest news is that Mr Obama is having a pakka Indian street dog and he loves it more than Americans !
*To see more such mischievous attempts by me, please read latest SUDHA , a kannada weekly magazine [april fools day special ]
*ಸುಧಾ ವಾರಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯ ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ಫೂಲ್ಸ್ ಡೆ ಸ್ಪೆಷಲ್ [ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ಒಂದರಂದು ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದಿದೆ ]ನಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂಥಹ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಕಿತಾಪತಿಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಬಹುದು .
Today, april 1 , 11am. you may listen an interview with me on Radio Mirchi but only in Mangalore. Also.... Radio Big FM, Mangalore will HONOUR a birthday boy or a FOOL by name Prakash Shetty on April Fool's Day ! You may listen some rubbish talks !
Our magazine always stood against all kinds of unfair and idiotic practices around us. The provocation for this write-up is the results of International Caricature Competition organized by Indian institute of Cartoonists. Unfortunately, we happened to see those prize winning entries. It was a clear case of ‘murder’ of the caricature art form ! Undoubtedly, Rtd. Judge Mr. Venkatachalayya, artist Andani and cartoonist Keshav were responsible for this tragedy. What more can we expect when these three caricature illiterate persons become the judges !
A review of these prize winning works would turn their heads down.
Section- Manmohan Singh First prize: Except for its detailed work, this one is not at all a perfect caricature.The nose is unnecessarily distorted so big. Why Gandhi specs? [ Is it Gandhism ? ha ha ha.. ] His bushy eyebrows are missing. Second prize : Mr Manmohan Singh might fall flat if he happened to see this one ! What is the ‘hole’ thing between forehead and turban ? Third prize : Here Mr Singh was butchered beyond recognition ! All those 3 consolation entries are realistic portraits !
Section - Sonia Gandhi First, second and third prize winning entries should have been kept out of the competition itself for it’s realistic approach. All 3 are neat portraits! These 3 consolation winning works are not perfect ones.
Now, what is a caricature after all ? A portrait ? No way ! Or is it just an exaggeration face of a person ? Exaggeration of face is okay to some extent. A perfect caricaturist would show the distorted face as well as something about the person. But judges here simply ignored all this . It’s a big humiliation for those who believed in caricaturing. IIC did a lot of valuable programmes so far. But now it lost it’s respect with this blunder. Poor R V Deshapande, President of Congress has donated Rs3,50,000 as the prize money. Sadly, the money was spent to hire realistic artists to murder this great art ! PRAKASH SHETTY Editor, Vaare Kore Kannada humour monthly
[ The above article has appeared in VAARE KORE January issue ]
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Here is a rare species called Prakash Shetty. Born on April Fools Day,1960.I was addicted to cartooning at the age of fifteen [ 1975 ] I started my funny career with a kannada magazine called Santhosha. Then switched on to a English daily - The Times Of Deccan. Later with Mungaru daily and finally served The Week. At present Iam seriously into funny business. Spot caricaturing at events..drawing huge cartoon murals... staff caricatures on 40ft wall...t-shirt cartoons...coloured family caricatures...recently Prakash Shetty PUNCH became instant hit on ETV.
My last misadventure was VAARE KORE,a humour magazine in kannada language.Fun Gallery is my new baby.
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It is a known fact that one of the criterias for American Presidentship is that the candidate should be a dog lover. We have seen American presidents panchant for dogs but Mr Obama is different , you know . Latest news is that Mr Obama is having a pakka Indian street dog and he loves it more than Americans !
