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This was Keshav till 1982. Now he is one of the best known cartoonists of India. Keshav's migration into cartoon country began when his lines caught the eye of T.S. Sridhar, then Associate Editor of the Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan . Keshav had been encouraged to draw, both by his parents and by his drawing teacher B.A. Reddy. But it was after Sridhar's encouragement that he got his first break. Soon, his caricatures and humorous illustrations were appearing regularly in print. The Hindustan Times Cartoon Contest in 1986 changed the course of his life for ever: He won three awards. In 1987, when he approached The Hindu for a job as cartoonist, the venerable paper ushered him in graciously. And Keshav bid goodbye to banking. Among his mentors, Keshav believes it was G. Kasturi, the then Editor of The Hindu , who was instrumental in moulding him as a political cartoonist. |
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For a curious backgrounder, this one takes the cake. No formal training in art. Post-graduation in commerce. A career as a banker… 
