About Kaak (cartoonist)
Harish Chandra Shukla, known by his pen name Kaak, was an Indian editorial cartoonist and caricaturist who worked in Hindi-language media. He worked with leading newspapers such as Jansatta, Navbharat Times, Dainik Jagran, Rajasthan Patrika, and a few others, in a career spanning several decades. 'Kaak' means crow in Hindi, which according to a proverb, is the bird that raises its raucous voice when someone tells a lie. His first cartoon was published in Dainik Jagran in 1967. Harish Chandra Shukla (16 March 1940 – 1 January 2025), known by his pen name Kaak, was an Indian editorial cartoonist and caricaturist who worked in Hindi-language media. Kaak was very commonly called the Cartoonist of masses, adding that he understood the problems of the people at the grassroots level.
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