Cartoons

March 17, 2025 – March 23, 2025

This week’s cartoons

Cartoon 1:

Courtesy of Aruna, Mar.23, 2025

Cartoon 2:

Courtesy of Dinamina, Mar.17, 2025

Batalanda

Context: The name Batalanda translates to “bamboo grove”. The cartoon shows a bamboo grove on fire signifying that the issue of the Batalanda incident has flared up at present and is threatening to engulf everything in flames.

Cartoon 3:

Courtesy of Divaina, Mar.17, 2025

Batalanda

Cartoon 4:

Courtesy of Lankadeepa, Mar.21, 2025

Batalanda

Cartoon 5:

Courtesy of Anidda, Mar.23, 2025

The tales of Wada Bari Dasa (the Sinhala translation of Nikolay Nosov’s tales of Dunno)

Context: Wada Bari Dasa literally translates to “incompetent Dunno”, and the cartoon highlights the incompetence of the police in arresting high-profile fugitives such as Deshabandu Tennakoon and former MP Prasanna Ranaweera.

Cartoon 6:

Courtesy of Tamil Mirror, Mar.19, 2025

Cartoon 7:

Courtesy of Tamil Mirror, Mar.17, 2025

Cartoon 8:

Courtesy of Virakesari, Mar.18, 2025

The word cloud (Sirisena): Need to look into what happened in 88 and 89

The grey file: Report