MKMA 2026 exhibition

An exhibition of 110 Indian cartoons selected from the entries of the recently organised International Maya Kamath Memorial Cartoon Contest 2026 along with the award winning 14 cartoons is also being organised on 1st August 2026 at the Indian Cartoon Gallery, Bengaluru. I am included as well.

Earth Day Exhibition at Stevenage

A couple of months ago I was visiting Stevenage Museum when I saw their poster to celebrate Earth Day 2026 with some events planned. And a tubelight went off. Alina, Archana of CEEW had been exhibiting "What on Earth!" cartoons around India at various venues and events, so couldn't I do the same?? I wrote an email to the Stevenage museum and they responded positively. I visited them, met Jo and showed my cartoons and our vision with the series. She was quite happy to entertain my idea and did show where they would be put up etc. And that sealed the deal, that easy. And why stop there, I also suggested that we screen my student film 'One World', which was approved as well. Which leads us to today, the first day of first ever UK exhibition. My daughter saw my sudent film for the first time ever as well.

"What on Earth!" at Jaipur Literature Festival 2026

A collaboration that began over 4 years ago between Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and I to develop a cartoon series that was to promote a dialogue over sustainability, policy and environment resulted in the creation of "What on Earth!". At it's heart are people like Alina Sen and Archana who go beyond their best to push this series to new platforms and venues to engage the audience so they are not just cartoons. This drive and our teamwork has ensured that our cartoons are a part of COP events and are now breaking into Lit fests. 2026 started with a bang and we are now exhibiting at Jaipur Literature Festival, so if you are going do give your love our works with heart. Some collectibles should be available for your. Your love will ensure we keep on creating.

Diwali Ank

This Diwali was special indeed. Noted cartoonist Prashant Kulkarni was kind enough to include me with some young cartoonists in a "दिवाळी अंक" essay he wrote for रुची by ग्रंथाली प्रकाशन. This would be my first दिवाळी अंक. Prashantji did create a nice Q&A about inspirations, history and influences for me to answer. What I do appreciate is his crisp summary of me as a person and a cartoonist. I am indebted to him for the continuous support and encouragement he as showered me with time and agian. I am thankful to the editor Mr. Arun Joshi of ग्रंथाली प्रकाशन for his support to our field of cartooning. P.S: While I may no longer be "young", each cartoonist is young at heart.

WIP Comics first UK anthology

Holding my first UK publication. Working with WIP comics collective on their anthology infinity. WIP comics is a lovely community of indie comic lovers with insane talent and drive. For the 8 year aniversary the organisers chose the theme infinity to be expressed in 8 panels. I did two comics for this anthology, one based on Swami Vivekananda's thoughts and another was for the digital version only. Through this comic I got to meet with UK based artists who do spare time from their main lives to explore this field. To #comics and beyond

World Cartoonists Day

On the occasion of "World Cartoonists Day" 2025

I will be participating in an exhibition organised and curated by the noted cartoonist and artist Ghanshyam Deshmukh. Several noted cartoonists will be participating. A treat to all Punekars who can view it at Balgandharva Exhibition Hall.

Anthology coming to Kickstarter

I am one of the lucky contributors to this compilation of "Concrete Arcanum", a world where monsters exist in our world. Curated by Nathan Lueth with contributors all over the world. My story was illustrated by the talented Kavyan T . All the contributing stories and art is in place. Do join the mailing list and back our Kickstarter as results are guaranteed.

My cartoons at Hyderabad Litfest.

BREAKING NEWS!! I finally made it to a lit fest. CEEW'S "What On Earth!" cartoon series on climate and sustainability made by Shaunak Samvatsar and Anoop Radhakrishnan, will be on across a 3-day exhibition at the #Hyderabad Literary Festival on 24,25 and 26 January 2025 at the Sattva Knowledge City, hitec city, Hyderabad! Do visit and let me know what you think of my cartoons. So all Hyderabad people do visit. The exhibition went live, look at the audience. Thank you CEEW and Alina for making it happen. My loss as I could not attend it.

Ranbhoomi - Kurukshetra wins in Communication Design at DNA Paris

The game was an effort of love, research and design. Built on a shoestring budget with passion it is a bestseller in the Indie games category of India. Congrats to the Sutradhar team that worked on it. Gaurav Tiwari Satish Meena Anupam Tathawadekar Keyur Karvande and myself Shaunak Samvatsar. A good decision was to take on Studio Bandwagon Vivek Vikram Singh and Akash Ranjan to design the game to a finished product. The game launch was an adventure in itself. Most Indie games are launched with explainer videos, we wanted a marketing video which external vendors quoted 8L for. We shut them down and decided to do inhouse. Gaurav and I designed the narrative, I storyboarded the same with limited camera moves, dynamic angles and careful blocking. Anupam did the 2D animation and Keyur used his blender knowledge to animate. We created a blockbuster. https://dna.paris/winner/zoom.php?eid=71-92123-24 https://playranbhoomi.com/

Story Shortlisted for San Diego Comic Con 2024.

A few days ago I came across a call for stories by the legendary Scott Morse, his goal was to turn them into 1 page comics live at San Diego Comic Con. I jumped at the opportunity to showcase my work to an international audience and wrote a few stories outside my comfort zone of comedy as the theme was Space/Crime. An lo I was shortlisted!! So if anyone in my network is going to #SDCC24 please to visit Scott.

EcoGPX residency

Co-facilitated a workshop on sustainable practices with the talented Alice Motta as a part of the #EcoGPX Coventry Residency organised by Intercultural Roots for Public Health .It was a great learning experience interacting with artists and citizens of Coventry to chart a path for the city. Thanks Alex and Wendy for having me.

Then we had a wonderful session on zines workshop facilitated by @franklin.lavender @laurenelizjames & @gnomi_omiart. A manifesto was created with these residents of Coventry for a path towards the future, responsibility and sustainability. With materials and artists zines took on varying forms.

About Carl Barks

I discovered the beauty of Carl Barks in my 30's. What a talent. Great to learn about him.

First book contribution.

Felt really nice contributing Verite'01 to the library of Cartoon Museum Pune. My first graphic essay "Research Ramblings" is a part of this anthology.

Cartoon Museum Pune University, 1st Anniversary

On the occasion of the first Anniversary of the "Cartoon Museum" at Savitribai Phule Pune University, the team has organized an exhibition of the works of certain cartoonists. I am privileged to have a few of my works displayed at the same. Please do attend.

Update: It was a nice small event. Pune University offered the cartoonists the best support for the progress of cartoons as an academic as well as art pursuits. The cartoon museum is hosted in the heritage main building of Pune university. All cartoonists who come to Pune please do visit the museum and meet the team. Help in all possible ways to help this art form flourish.

The chief guest was Dr.Sanjeev A. Sonawane Pro-Vice Chancellor

Inside the museum hall.