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Every five years or so (and sometimes at alarmingly higher frequencies) India, the world's largest democracy, goes to the polls. For months on end, the normal routine of the nation comes to a grinding halt as an elaborate machinery is set up for citizens to exercise their franchise and elect the 545 representatives whom they see fit to govern a country of over one billion residents. The sheer size and scope of the electoral exercise is mind-boggling: in the ...
For over forty years Sudhir Dar’s pen has captured the different moods and faces of India with an unerring eye for detail and a delightfully irreverent sense of humour. This volume brings together his personal favourites from cartoons published in different newspapers and magazines including the Hindustan Times, the Pioneer, the Delhi Times and Outlook. Sharp, satirical and witty, the collection shows the ace cartoonist at his devastating best.
Krishna Prasad Dar's collection of over a hundred Kashmiri recipes became a classic in its time. First published a decade ago, this new revised edition is beautifully illustrated by his son, cartoonist Sudhir Dar, with an informative introduction to Kashmiri food, one of the subcontinent's most elaborate and interesting cuisines. This book has been a labour of love. My father began to write it when he was eighty and though it took over a year to complete, his ...