KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Balkrishna Basnet, chairman of the Press Council Nepal, emphasized the importance of safeguarding the cartoon genre to maintain the vitality of journalism. He shared that the council is actively engaged in nurturing the professionalism of cartoons within the field of journalism.

As kids, we saw anthills as menacing mountain peaks, puddles as oceans, rain as the gods weeping with grief (although the latter was just adults fooling us). We were crazy with our imaginations. Picasso likes to remind us that we are all born artists and as kids that really seemed to be true. And it helped that we were supplied with enough fantastical images to help us build our mountains and oceans—thanks to animation.

KATHMANDU: A two-day art exhibition on cartoon caricatures of celebrities was held at Nepal Art Council in Babar Mahal that began on Tuesday. Many of the participating artists worked as cartoonists at various newspapers in Kathmandu. The exhibition is the culmination of a 10–day process that began with a workshop and then ended with competition amongst the 25 participants.