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| subject    = Current Affairs
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| awards = BARTON'S Lifetime Achievement Award By [[Indian Institute of Cartoonists]]
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'''Ajit Ninan''' (May 15, 1955<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/veteran-political-satirist-ajit-ninan-passes-away-at-68-8931002/ | title=Veteran political satirist Ajit Ninan passes away at 68 | date=8 September 2023 }}</ref> – 8 September 2023) was an Indian [[political cartoonist]], best known for drawing the ''Centrestage'' series of cartoons in ''[[India Today]]'' magazine and ''Ninan's World'' in the [[Times of India]].
'''Ajit Ninan''' (May 15, 1955<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/veteran-political-satirist-ajit-ninan-passes-away-at-68-8931002/ | title=Veteran political satirist Ajit Ninan passes away at 68 | date=8 September 2023 }}</ref> – 8 September 2023) was an Indian [[political cartoonist]], best known for drawing the ''Centrestage'' series of cartoons in ''[[India Today]]'' magazine and ''Ninan's World'' in the [[Times of India]].


Ajit Ninan was born to AM Mathew and Annie Mathew in Hyderabad. He did his MA in Political Science from [[Madras Christian College]], Chennai. He lived in [[New Delhi]], where he worked for The Times of India.<ref>[http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20090512-cartoonists-revel-india-mammoth-election Cartoonists revel in India's mammoth election]</ref> He died on 8 September 2023, at the age of 68.<ref>[https://www.timesnownews.com/india/political-cartoonist-ajit-ninan-passes-away-at-68-article-103495722 Political Cartoonist Ajit Ninan Passes Away At 68, Tributes Pour In]</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/veteran-political-satirist-ajit-ninan-passes-away-at-68-8931002/|publisher=[[Indian Express]]|title=Veteran political satirist Ajit Ninan passes away at 68|first=Aditya |last=Vaddepalli|date=2023-09-08|access-date=2024-11-29}}</ref>
Ninan lived in [[New Delhi]], where he worked for The Times of India.<ref>[http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20090512-cartoonists-revel-india-mammoth-election Cartoonists revel in India's mammoth election]</ref> He died on 8 September 2023, at the age of 68.<ref>[https://www.timesnownews.com/india/political-cartoonist-ajit-ninan-passes-away-at-68-article-103495722 Political Cartoonist Ajit Ninan Passes Away At 68, Tributes Pour In]</ref>


==Comic strips==
==Work==
 
===Comic strips===
* [[Detective Moochwala|Detective Moochhwala]], published in [[Target (magazine)|Target]] magazine.
* [[Detective Moochwala|Detective Moochhwala]], published in [[Target (magazine)|Target]] magazine.


==Cartoons==
===Cartoons===
* ''Ajit Ninan's Funny World'', published in Target magazine
* ''Ajit Ninan's Funny World'', published in Target magazine
* ''Just Like That!'' published daily in the Times Of India.  
* ''Just Like That!'' published daily in the Times Of India.  
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* {{Proper name|iToons}}: a single panel cartoon strip in The Times of India - with Sunil Agarwal
* {{Proper name|iToons}}: a single panel cartoon strip in The Times of India - with Sunil Agarwal


==Books==
===Books===
* {{cite book | author=Ajit Ninan and Jug Suraiya | title=Like That Only | publisher=Times Group Books | year=2007 | isbn= 978-81-89906-13-9}}
* {{cite book | author=Ajit Ninan and Jug Suraiya | title=Like That Only | publisher=Times Group Books | year=2007 | isbn= 978-81-89906-13-9}}
* Ninan, Ajit, and Sudeep Chakravarti (eds.). [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45438806 The India Today Book of Cartoons]. New Delhi: Books Today, 2000.
* Ninan, Ajit, and Sudeep Chakravarti (eds.). [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45438806 The India Today Book of Cartoons]. New Delhi: Books Today, 2000.
 
===Awards and honors===
==Awards and honors==
* 06 Aug 2022 | BARTONS lifetime Achievement Award | By [[Indian Institute of Cartoonists]]
* 06 Aug 2022 | BARTONS lifetime Achievement Award | By [[Indian Institute of Cartoonists]]



Latest revision as of 17:57, 2 January 2025

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Ajit Ninan (May 15, 1955[1] – 8 September 2023) was an Indian political cartoonist, best known for drawing the Centrestage series of cartoons in India Today magazine and Ninan's World in the Times of India.

Ninan lived in New Delhi, where he worked for The Times of India.[2] He died on 8 September 2023, at the age of 68.[3]

Work

Comic strips

Cartoons

  • Ajit Ninan's Funny World, published in Target magazine
  • Just Like That! published daily in the Times Of India.
  • Like That Only! (along with Jug Suraiya), published bi-weekly in the Times Of India.[4]
  • Centrestage, published in India Today
  • Ninan's World, published in the Times of India
  • Poli Tricks, a series of cartoons during the 2009 Indian general elections, published in the Times of India
  • Template:Proper name: a single panel cartoon strip in The Times of India - with Sunil Agarwal

Books

Awards and honors

References

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External links