NYT apologises for Mangalyaan cartoon

October 07, 2014 08:51

The New York Times has apologised after publishing a cartoon on India's Mars Mission following readers' complaints that it mocked India.

The cartoon showed a farmer with a cow knocking at the door of a room marked Elite Space Club where two men are reading a newspaper on India's feat, BBC reported.

The cartoon was carried Sep 28 with an article titled India's Budget Mission to Mars.

After a "large number of readers" complained about the cartoon, Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor of the New York Times, wrote in a Facebook post: "The intent of the cartoonist, Heng Kim Song, was to highlight how space exploration is no longer the exclusive domain of rich, Western countries."

"Mr Heng, who is based in Singapore, uses images and text - often in a provocative way - to make observations about international affairs. We apologise to readers who were offended by the choice of images in this cartoon."

Rosenthal said Heng "was in no way trying to impugn India, its government or its citizens".

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