Thursday, March 15, 2007

Inflation

Inflation once again has become hot. It is on TV! TV screen does not like old and poor people but likes the reason which wories them most- Inflation!

In India, from ages, we have weighed our royalty- both borne and elected- using various things. (It is interesting to note that renowned Marathi-Farsi poet Madhav Julian माधव जूलियन् was weighed in footwears just after his birth because he would not stop crying - "Aamchi Akra Varshe" by Leelabai Patwardhan)

Inflation seems to have affected even that practice!


Artist : James Stevenson Publication: The New Yorker 7 Nov 1964

And how are we middle class people coping with it when even our neighbourhood shopkeeper is so scared……..

Artist: Barney Tobey Publication: The New Yorker 28-8-48

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2 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 17, 2009 at 11:21 AM

    how did you find all these cartoons from old issues.. whats the source?

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  2. Aniruddha G. KulkarniNovember 17, 2009 at 1:48 PM

    New Yorker archives available on the website and CD that came with the book.

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