Kerala Varma (Template:Birth based on age as of date – 23 July 2010), popularly known as Kevy, was an Indian political cartoonist.
Kevy began his career by publishing cartoons in Shankar's Weekly. He later became a staff cartoonist at Eastern Economist. During the Emergency, Kevy was jailed ostensibly for drawing caricatures critical of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.[1] Kevy drew his last cartoons for the The New Indian Express in 2008 and 2009.[2]
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.[3]
He died on 23 July 2010 in Kochi, aged 86.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cartoonist 'Kevy' is no more. Press Trust of India(24 July 2010).
- ↑ Kevy sketched his last cartoons for Express. The New Indian Express(24 July 2010).
- ↑ Caricaturing Culture in India: Cartoons and History in the Modern World{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(2014). ISBN 978-1-107-04332-9