Aseem Trivedi: A Cartoonist’s Fight Against Corruption, Censorship and Intolerance

Under threat of government ban and arrest, Indian political cartoonist and free speech activist Aseem Trivedi’s Cartoons Against Corruption campaign spearheads the fight for press freedom in India.

by Anastasia Vladimirova

In 2011, when protests swept the Middle East and North Africa, India faced its own revolution.

“India Against Corruption,” a grassroots anti-corruption movement led by a veteran supporter of Mahatma Gandhi, Anna Hazare, mobilized people throughout the country. Indian political cartoonist and free speech activist Aseem Trivedi laun…