Aseem Trivedi — Cartoons Against Corruption
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The Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi uses his art as a political weapon mainly for the campaign ‘Cartoons Against Corruption’ which he started in 2011. His popular website was shut down by the government when he supported the hunger strike of Anna Hazare with his drawings. Cases of treason and national insult were filed against him. The movement ‘Save your Voice’, supported by cartoonists and activists around the world, made his cause widely known and ultimately led to the charges being dropped. Trivedi’s work demonstrates how simple visual tools — cartoons — can become effective instruments of political dissent when they successfully provoke the very power structures they critique.