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'''Kerala Varma''' ({{birth based on age as of date|86|2010|July|noage=1}} – 23 July 2010), popularly known as '''Kevy''', was an Indian [[political cartoonist]]. <br />
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Kevy began his career by publishing cartoons in ''[[Shankar's Weekly]]''. He later became a staff cartoonist at ''[[Eastern Economist]]''. During [[the Emergency (India)|the Emergency]], Kevy was jailed ostensibly for drawing caricatures critical of Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="PTI"/> Kevy drew his last cartoons for the ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' in 2008 and 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevy sketched his last cartoons for Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2010/jul/24/kevy-sketched-his-last-cartoons-for-express-172479.html |website=The New Indian Express |date=24 July 2010}}</ref><br />
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Kevy believed in the distinction of cartoons from art, and chose to regard a cartoon as a message – the merit of which only depends on how effectively the message is conveyed. His style changed considerably over the course of his career.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khanduri |first1=Ritu Gairola |title=Caricaturing Culture in India: Cartoons and History in the Modern World |date=2014 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-04332-9 |pages=217–220 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lf-GBAAAQBAJ&q=Kevy+&pg=PA217}}</ref><br />
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He died on 23 July 2010 in [[Kochi]], aged 86.<ref name="PTI">{{cite news |title=Cartoonist 'Kevy' is no more |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cartoonist-kevy-is-no-more/story-iGAclWzYAWhh5QS8uf0k7H.html |work=[[Press Trust of India]] |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=24 July 2010}}</ref><br />
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