Rachita Taneja

Sep 3, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Rachita Taneja |C.P. Chandrasekhar |Vaishna Roy

The Bengaluru-based artist, Rachita Taneja, has been regularly poking fun at assorted hypocrisies—of politicians, culture moguls, Bollywood stars—through her comic strip. It began in 2014 when some students were arrested for being critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Facebook. Taneja doodled her response and thus was born Sanitary Panels. She has made 700-800 cartoons over the years and has an impressive 1,33,000 followers on Instagram and 48,000 on X.

Sep 3, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Bantirani Patro |Bashir Ali Abbas |Sushmita S. Preetha |Rachita Taneja

Into his third term as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi continues to make much of his “Neighbourhood First” policy, but India’s public is not aware that it has been a debacle. The tendency of New Delhi commentators to hew close to the line set by North Block and South Block means India’s citizens do not get a correct reading of what is happening next door, nor the repeated faux pas of their government.