dprince

Personal Info

A Journalist by profession, I am presently Chief Copy-Editor with the Hindustan Times, India's leading English daily, stationed at Chandigarh. I am Bachelor in Journalism and Mass Communication (BJMC) from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh,(India). I have no formal training in cartooning or commercial art, but had been good in drawing, painting right from childhood. Cartooning caught my attention, when I started frequenting the newsrooms during my internship. A good political/editorial cartoon, I realised, could send across a strong message to the reader in seconds, which, otherwise, would take a thousand words to describe. After joining the Print media, I realised the value of cartoons, especially those by R.K. Laxman (perhaps the greatest Indian cartoonist ever) whom I eventually met and spent three hours with him. That is and will be the most proud moment for me. The master cartoonist also drew a caricature of The Common Man. The drawing teaches me something new everytime I look at it. That's ofcourse the most prized possession I have. Hope to come up with some good work on toonpool.com.