From Animation Xpress:
"Renowned cartoonist Ajit Ninan passed away at his flat in Mysuru on 8 September in the morning. He was 68.
"Ninan was best known for the Centrestage series in India Today magazine and Ninan’s World in Times of India.
According to the PTI report, a family member said, 'He passed away
early this morning in his apartment. I think it’s a cardiac arrest.'
"A popular political cartoonist, Ninan was equally well known for his work in children’s literature. One of his beloved creations is Detective Moochwala and his dog Pooch, which appeared in 1980s in Target, a youth magazine. His defiance in the form of political cartoons, satire on the ruling government as well as the opposition, cartoons on environment and caricatures, are fondly remembered by everyone of his time."
Jug Saraiya writes an appreciation for The Times of India: "Ajit Ninan: The maestro who could raise a laugh ‘Just Like That’"
"In a world enveloped in the toxic clouds of climate change, and conflict, and crises, Ajit Ninan’s brilliant daily pocket cartoon, Just Like That, in the Times of India was a bright ray of joy and pleasure, lightening the daily landscape of gloom and doom.
"A
picture is said to be worth ten thousand words; a cartoon, which is a
very special type of picture capable of bringing the leavening of humour
into the humdrum, might be worth a whole dictionary of words."
Ajit Ninan was perhaps best known for this cartoon, which has gone viral:
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