Aseem Trivedi (born 1987) is a renowned Indian
political cartoonist
and activist
, best known for his anti corruption campaign Cartoons Against Corruption
. He is a founder member of Save Your Voice
, a movement against internet censorship in India. He has been awarded Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award for 2012 by CRNI.
Early Life
Aseem Trivedi was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He started his career as a freelance cartoonist and worked for several newspapers and magazines.
Cartoons Against Corruption
In 2011, a nation wide anti corruption movement India Against Corruption gathered pace in the leadership of a veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare demanding Jan Lokpal Bill. Aseem Trivedi joined the crusade and started a cartoon based campaign, Cartoons Against Corruption to support the movement with his art. He launched a website www.cartoonsagainstcorruption.com consisting of his sharp anti corruption cartoons targeting corrupt system and the politicos. He displayed his cartoons in the MMRDA ground, Mumbai during the hunger strike of Anna Hazare.
Ban on the website
Aseem Trivedi was exhibiting his political cartoons from
Cartoons Against Corruption in the anti-corruption protest at the
MMRDA grounds, when his website was suspended by Crime Branch,
Mumbai. It was only Dec 27, the first day of the protest, when he received an email from
BigRock, the domain name registrar with which his website was registered, saying, "We have received a complaint from Crime Branch,
Mumbai against domain name 'cartoonsagainstcorruption.com' for displaying objectionable pictures and texts related to flag and emblem of India. Hence we have suspended the domain name and its associated services."
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The site was suspended after a complaint to the Mumbai Crime Branch by a Mumbai-based advocate and congress leader, R.P. Pandey. The complaint stated that “defamatory and derogatory cartoons” were displayed as posters during Mr. Hazare’s hunger strike in
Mumbai. Noting that the posters were created by Aseem Trivedi and “are believed to be made at the instance of Shri
Anna Hazare,” the complaint requested “strict legal action in the matter.”
Controversy
National Toilet: A controversial cartoon by Aseem Trivedi
Aseem redraws National Emblem
The cartoons in the controversy parody India’s national symbols, and are drawn to make a point on corruption in the government. One cartoon depicts the Indian Parliament building as a toilet. At the right end of the cartoon, a little above the halfway line, there is a roller with toilet paper. To the left, there is a pink flush, attached to a commode below with three flies hovering over it. The commode looks like the Indian Parliament. ‘National Toilet,’ says the cartoon’s title, with this line beneath the sketch: ‘Isme istamal hone wale toilet paper ko ballot paper bhi kehte hain’ (the toilet paper used here is also called Ballot paper).
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Another offending cartoon redraws India’s national emblem of the four Sarnath lions of King
Asoka that sit above the motto “Satyamev Jayate” (truth alone shall triumph) as bloodthirsty wolves underscored with the motto “Bhrashtamev Jayate” (long live corruption and yet another features the “Mother India,” wearing a tri-color sari, about to be raped by a character labeled “Corruption." The title of the cartoon is "Gang Rape of Mother India." Another cartoon shows politics and corruption in a sexual position to expose their immoral relationship. The line beneath the cartoon reads, "The immoral relationships are always harmful for a house hold."
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The Cartoonists Rights Network International urged the authorities in the world’s largest democracy to stand up for free speech and put an end to all the attempts to silence Aseem’s political speech. Dr. Robert Russell, Executive Director of CRNI, commented, "Aseem’s enemies either don’t know how to interpret symbols in editorial cartoons or are knowingly twisting the law to silence dissent in order to shield corrupt officials."
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IN NEWS (google News)
NDTV - 4 घंटे पहले
Kanpur: A Kanpur-based cartoonist, Aseem Trivedi, was remanded to police custody till September 16 by a Mumbai court today for allegedly posting seditious content on his website. The police had arrested Mr Trivedi on Saturday on the basis of a private ...
Daily News & Analysis - 1 घंटा पहले
Kanpur based cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, arrested for allegedly posting seditious content on his website, was on Sunday remanded to police custody till September 16 by a local court. Trivedi, who was arrested on Saturday on the basis of a complaint filed in ...
IBNLive.com - 1 घंटा पहले
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was on Sunday arrested for allegedly posting "ugly and obscene" content on his web portal. Trivedi was arrested in Mumbai and produced in a Bandra court later in the day following which he was sent to police custody till September...
Hindustan Times - 1 घंटा पहले
A Mumbai court on Sunday remanded Aseem Trivedi, an Anna Hazare supporter and political cartoonist, to seven days police custody for drawing an allegedly derogatory sketch and uploading it on his web portal, an activist said. Trivedi, 25, an activist of ...
India Today - 1 घंटा पहले
Gone are the days when cartoonists like R.K. Laxman and Mario Miranda could take on the government and not be prosecuted. In a culture of extreme political sensitivity taken too far, free speech campaigner and anti-corruption cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has ...
Hindustan Times - 27 मिनट पहले
According to the Bandra-Kurla Complex police, Aseem Trivedi had put up the caricatures in the form of posters during an IAC protest in December 2011 at the MMRDA grounds. "The cartoons by Trivedi depicted Parliament as a commode and showed the ...
Deccan Chronicle - 4 घंटे पहले
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was arrested in Mumbai on Sunday for allegedly posting 'ugly and obscene' content on his web portal, said reports. Later Trivedi was produced in a Bandra court after which he was sent to police custody till September 16. Trivedi ...
Daily News & Analysis - 3 घंटे पहले
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested on the basis of complaints against him for insulting national symbols in his anti-corruption cartoons, was on Sunday placed in police custody for a week by a Mumbai court. He was charged with sedition under ...
Hindustan Times - 1 घंटा पहले
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was on Sunday sent to one week police custody by a Mumbai court over charges that his sketches insulted national symbols and were seditious. Trivedi, 25, had surrendered at the Bandra Kurla Complex police station in Mumbai on ...
IBTimes India - 5 घंटे पहले
Anti-corruption cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has been arrested on charges of sedition on Sunday for allegedly displaying "ugly and obscene" content on his web portal. Aseem Trivedi. The cartoonist was produced in Bandra court, Mumbai, in the afternoon after ...
Hindustan Times - 6 घंटे पहले
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was on Sunday sent to one week police custody by Mumbai court on charges over sketches that showed rape of India, Parliament as 'national toilet'. Trivedi, 25, had surrendered at the Bandra Kurla Complex police station in Mumbai ...
Rediff - 4 घंटे पहले
A holiday court in Mumbai [ Images ] on Sunday remanded anti-corruption cartoonist and free speech campaigner Aseem Trivedi to policy custody till September 16 for allegedly making cartoons that insult India's [ Images ] flag, Parliament and the national ...
Firstpost - 4 घंटे पहले
Popular Mumbai cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has been sent to judicial custody till 16 September on charges of sedition, which is a non-bailable offence. Trivedi was arrested on charges of displaying “ugly and obscene content” and was produced before a ...
Firstpost - 5 घंटे पहले
Popular Mumbai cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has been arrested on charges of displaying “ugly and obscene content” and will be produced before a Bandra court later this afternoon. Trivedi will answer charges framed against him under the IT Act, as well as the...
Indian Express - 19 घंटे पहले
Political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi on Saturday surrendered to police at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) police station, where complaints had been filed against him for insulting the national emblem and other national symbols in his anti-corruption cartoons.
indiablooms - 26 मिनट पहले
New Delhi, Sept 9 (IBNS): Kanpur-based cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, whose caricatures drew fame during the Anna Hazare-led anti-corruption protests, was remanded to police custody till Sept 16 by a Mumbai court on Sunday for allegedly posting seditious ...
Daily Bhaskar - 5 घंटे पहले
Mumbai: In yet another incident where a cartoonist fell prey to political row, anti-corruption cartoonistAseem Trivedi was arrested for allegedly posting 'ugly and obscene' content on his web portal. According to reports, the 25-year-old freelance cartoonist was ...
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