Kaak (cartoonist)

Kaak
Born
Harish Chandra Shukla

(1940-03-16) 16 March 1940 (age 84)
NationalityIndian
OccupationCartoonist
Years active1967–present
Websitekaaktoons.com
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Harish Chandra Shukla (born 16 March 1940), better known by his pen name Kaak,[1] is an Indian editorial cartoonist and caricaturist who works in Hindi-language media. He is the foremost Hindi newspaper cartoonist, having worked with leading newspapers such as Jansatta, Navbharat Times, Dainik Jagran, Rajasthan Patrika, and a few others, in a career spanning several decades. 'Kaak' means crow in Hindi, which according to a proverb, is the bird that raises its raucous voice when someone tells a lie.[2]

  1. ^ Official Webs KaakDrishti.com, KaakToons.com
  2. ^ Face-to-face at Doordarshan : 1986 on YouTube, 1990 on YouTube