This interview with Keshav Venkataraghavan, the staff cartoonist of The Hindu, explores the principles and the profession of political cartooning. Known as Keshav, to his readers, he has been drawing for 30 years and is now the editorial consultant of The Hindu. Beginning as a caricaturist who frequented the Chennai concerts to sketch the classical Carnatic musicians, Keshav has metamorphosed into an artist-cartoonist, effortlessly switching between the austere mind devoted to art’s spirituality and the specular mind which interrogates the socio-political sphere. While Keshav has drawn attention as an artist, his style of cartooning, surprisingly, has not been examined at length. As this is the first time Keshav becomes candid about the ethics, aesthetics and profession of cartooning, the interview demands attention, especially, for an Indian perception of cartooning. The interview attempts to answer the following questions: What decides the rhetoric, ethics and aesthetics of cartooning? Why is humour significant to cartooning? What is its role in making cartoons controversial? And what distinguishes political correctness from political incorrectness? Beginning with a discussion on the intriguing language of cartooning, the interview ponders over the process of choosing ideas and creating visuals for cartooning. This conversation with Keshav helps one to understand the tightrope profession of cartooning, as a thin separation between the scathed and smooth lines that tickle and prickle targets.

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（Poli）ckle痒/ Pri痒：行之间的Keshav

这次对印度教职员漫画家Keshav Venkataraghavan的采访探讨了政治漫画的原理和专业。对他的读者而言，他被称为Keshav，已经画了30年，现在是The Hindu的编辑顾问。Keshav最初是漫画家，经常参加Chennai音乐会来素描古典的Carnatic音乐家，后来变身为艺术家-漫画家，毫不费力地在致力于艺术灵性的朴素思想与审视社会政治领域的镜面思想之间切换。尽管Keshav作为一名艺术家引起了人们的注意，但令人惊讶的是，他的漫画风格并未得到详尽的研究。由于这是Keshav第一次坦诚地谈谈漫画的道德，美学和专业，因此采访需要引起注意，尤其是，为印度人对漫画的看法。采访试图回答以下问题：是什么决定漫画的修辞学，伦理学和美学？为什么幽默对漫画有重要意义？在引起争议的漫画中起什么作用？政治正确与政治错误有何区别？从讨论有趣的卡通语言开始，访谈考虑了为卡通选择想法和创建视觉效果的过程。与Keshav的对话帮助人们理解卡通漫画的走钢丝职业，因为在刻划和嘲弄目标的刻划线条和平滑线条之间有细微的分隔。漫画的伦理和美学？为什么幽默对漫画有重要意义？在引起争议的漫画中起什么作用？政治正确与政治错误有何区别？从讨论有趣的卡通语言开始，访谈考虑了为卡通选择想法和创建视觉效果的过程。与Keshav的对话帮助人们理解卡通漫画的走钢丝职业，因为在刻划和嘲弄目标的刻划线条和平滑线条之间有细微的分隔。漫画的伦理和美学？为什么幽默对漫画有重要意义？在引起争议的漫画中起什么作用？政治正确与政治错误有何区别？从讨论有趣的卡通语言开始，访谈考虑了为卡通选择想法和创建视觉效果的过程。与Keshav的对话帮助人们理解卡通漫画的走钢丝职业，因为在刻划和嘲弄目标的刻划线条和平滑线条之间有细微的分隔。