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