Wolves and Blackbucks

Some demonetization humour from my Gocomics page today. No puns or metaphors intended.

Oil Palm Monoculture in North East India

After causing complete annihilation in several tropical countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, palm oil is all set to crush India, starting with the North East. The comic appears in my Sunday column with Mid-Day today.

More reading on the issue here-

http://www.conservationindia.org/articles/oil-palm-should-not-be-expanded-in-arunachal-pradesh

http://www.arunachaltimes.in/an-inclusive-oil-palm-policy-for-people-and-biodiversity/

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/mizoram-bamboozled-by-land-use-policy/article6005950.ece

Bangalore Steel Flyover

A cartoon on the steel flyover scam in Bangalore that was originally intended for one of my columns but never quite made it to the print. The protest against the flyover, which will cause irreparable destruction to the city's green cover and heritage buildings has united the citizens of Bangalore like never before. Keep up the fight, ex-hometown!

Tigers and Pangolins

More than 70 tigers have been poached in India this year. Pangolin populations too continue to stoop, thanks to Chinese fads that never seem to go out of vogue!

Here's a cartoon on tigers, pangolins, poaching and Traditional Chinese Medicine from my column with BLink.

Welcome to Clean India

On the Centre's recent clearing of a 370 acre forest land (in Gondia, Maharashtra) for Adani Group's thermal power plant, from my column with Mid-Day today.

Caracal Comics for Arastirmaci Cocuk Magazine

In the second month of my association with Arastirmaci Cocuk Merkezi, a brilliant children's magazine from Ankara, Turkey, my task was to create comics for a section on one of Turkey's most popular wild cats- the Caracal! Here are some of the cartoons and comics that appear in the magazine originally in Turkish, translated to English here-

The Caracal is one of the highest jumpers in the cat family!

Dolphin Sonar

On dolphin sonar from my column with Blink last weekend.

Prints available on my webstore here.

Bugun Liocichla- Cartoon Workshop at Eaglenest

While India was grappling with a near financial crisis and the USA was busy making a fool out of itself, some of us were having a blast with school kids from Arunachal Pradesh at Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary! The 4th annual nature camp organized by the Shergaon Forest Division, and designed by my friends Dr. Nandini Velho and Dr. Umesh Srinivasan brought us together. Umesh conducted several presentations and film screenings, while Chandini Chhabra from Leaps and Bounds engaged the kids in some delightful and interactive lessons in biology and ecology. Satem Longchar, an Oxford alumnus and wildlife biologist from Nagaland held talks on the mammals of Eaglenest and microscopy, while Lhopsang Tashi from NERIS enlightened us all about medicinal plants. As we speak, Gerard Martin from 'The Gerry Martin Project' is with the kids conducting activities and lessons on herpetology! 

I too conducted a wildlife cartooning workshop with the kids, creating cartoon characters out of Red Pandas and Bugun Liocichlas (a critically endangered bird species known only from Eaglenest WLS), and took them through the process of creating a comic strip with a conservation message. Here's the strip I drew with the kids. Not surprisingly, many of them came up with their own strips by the end of the lesson!

A big thanks to Nandini, Umesh and DFO Mr. Millo Tasserfor having us there!

Sightseeing in Delhi

On Delhi's air pollution from my column with Mid-Day.

How to Identify Warblers

Winter means the best bird-watching months in India! But winter also means warblers, the arch-nemesis of amateur birdwatchers, just because they're so darn difficult to identify!

 Here is the quintessential, supreme and indisputable guide to identifying warblers for amateur bird-watchers like me, who will never go wrong following these simple steps!

The comic appears in my column with Mid-Day. Prints available on my webstore here. For orders within India, mail me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com

North Dakota Access Pipeline

On the North Dakota Access Pipeline from my Gocomics page.