Newspaper cartoonists, meanwhile, have found their pens to be mightier than the award. Over the past two weeks, multiple cartoons appearing in major national dailies have pointed fingers at the government for not acting upon incidents such as the Dadri lynching where a man was killed by a mob on the suspicion of storing beef in his refrigerator and rogue statements given by its ministers and associates.
While some cartoonists chose to pull up politicians for playing the caste and communal cards, others questioned the political blame game that ensued in the backdrop of Bihar elections.
Here’s a selection:
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#AwardsWapsi pic.twitter.com/HPfTAt79qh
— R Prasad (@rprasad66) November 3, 2015
#Jayalalithaa cartoon @EconomicTimes south pic.twitter.com/u75f1Aj7oj
— R Prasad (@rprasad66) November 2, 2015
BJP's self-goals? #HT #cartoon #Bihar #BiharPolls #VKSingh #ThePoliticklePickle #Intolerance https://t.co/rtp3LW1uvE pic.twitter.com/RlD6bHIsiY
— Zero (@dabsandjabs) October 23, 2015
Is Modi the worst victim? Sify cartoon #IntoleranceDebate #Modi pic.twitter.com/uzNCdnJdPS
— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) November 3, 2015
Karnataka Rajyotsava Award! #cartoon #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/Ah5Lm1EpRW
— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) October 31, 2015
#RisingIntolerance. My #cartoon pic.twitter.com/CK3TL6P75B
— MANJUL (@MANJULtoons) November 2, 2015
Congress president #SoniaGandhi meets President #PranabMukherjee over #RisingIntolerance . My #cartoon pic.twitter.com/6ctHeqnLhp
— MANJUL (@MANJULtoons) November 3, 2015
Sonia Gandhi concerned about growing intolerance! @mail_today cartoon #IntoleranceDebate #SikhGenocide84 pic.twitter.com/NWfNdDl4Pq
— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) November 3, 2015
Modi govt & #AwardWapsi #AwardReturnees. My #cartoon pic.twitter.com/odOL3FS4Fy
— MANJUL (@MANJULtoons) October 30, 2015
In solidarity with Award Wapsi! Sify cartoon. #AwardWapsi pic.twitter.com/iHEzfPKJyl
— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) October 31, 2015
Award Wapsi! @mail_today cartoon #AwardWapsi pic.twitter.com/3CEmvWz2qd
— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) October 18, 2015
The story of mankind! #HT #cartoon #intolerance #hate #terrorism #communalism #racism http://t.co/WAAT7WfCWw pic.twitter.com/05zXxFzrcu
— Zero (@dabsandjabs) October 16, 2015
#Cartoon: The award return rush @narendramodi @oneindia pic.twitter.com/Wg3x6UMLz4
— One.in (@Onedotin) October 16, 2015
IBTimes Daily Cartoon https://t.co/0jMNbGNJv1 via @ibtimes_india pic.twitter.com/J2CqaeiUEd
— IBTimes India (@ibtimes_india) October 26, 2015
What else you can expect from Dehshatgard Moody #RisingIntolerance pic.twitter.com/6dGWIK7vUz
— Real Zaid Hamid (@RealZaidHamid_) October 30, 2015
And this graphic that distills everything: