more-inThe usual elaborate security arrangements have been made at Chikkamagaluru for Saturday’s Shobha Yatre by Hindutva groups and Id Milad processions by Muslim organisations. Apart from the regular policing, the authorities are trying to promote communal harmony in new ways in a region that has often seen flare-ups. This year, the Chikkamagaluru police have roped in well-known cartoonist Satish Acharya to design hoardings with illustrations and messages of communal harmony. We thought of addressing this and reminding them that they are all people first and harmony is important.”“I did about 10 cartoons. I feel happy that my cartoons serve harmony,” Mr. Acharya, a resident of Kundapura in coastal Karnataka, told The Hindu.

Source: The Hindu December 01, 2017 15:11 UTC