Rediffs Uttam Ghosh wins Maya Kamath award for political cartoon

April 13, 2016 13:57

Its a proud moment when ones colleagues win awards for their work. And Rediff.com designer/illustrator Uttam Ghosh, whose incisive cartoons feature regularly on Rediff.com as Uttams Take, has just won the Maya Kamath Memorial Award for excellence in political cartooning 2015 under the Special Jury Appreciation category, ranking 2nd.

The awards were set up in memory of Indias first woman political cartoonist who passed away in 2001 after a brief but valiant fight with cancer. She was 50 years old, and her cartoons had put a smile on the faces of readers of various publications, from the Deccan Herald to the Indian Express, the Times of India (Bangalore), the Independent, Mid Day, Free Press Journal, among others.

Her family instituted the awards in her memory, to recognise young cartoonists, and is organised by the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Cartoonists.

You can see Uttams award winning cartoon here and the works by other award winners here.

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