Ajit Ninan (May 15, 1955[1] – 8 September 2023) was an Indian political cartoonist, best known for drawing the Centrestage series of cartoons in India Today magazine and Ninan's World in the Times of India.

Ajit Ninan
Born(1955-05-15)15 May 1955
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died (aged 68)
Mysore
OccupationIllustrator, Cartoonist
NationalityIndian
Period1979-2023
GenreEditorial Cartoons
SubjectCurrent Affairs
SpouseElizabeth Ninan
ChildrenSamyukta, Aparajita
RelativesAbu Abraham (Uncle)

Ninan lived in New Delhi, where he worked for The Times of India.[2] He died on 8 September 2023, at the age of 68.[3]

Work

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Comic strips

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Cartoons

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  • Ajit Ninan's Funny World, published in Target magazine
  • Just Like That! published daily in the Times Of India.
  • Like That Only! (along with Jug Suraiya), published bi-weekly in the Times Of India.[4]
  • Centrestage, published in India Today
  • Ninan's World, published in the Times of India
  • Poli Tricks, a series of cartoons during the 2009 Indian general elections, published in the Times of India
  • iToons: a single panel cartoon strip in The Times of India - with Sunil Agarwal

Books

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  • Ajit Ninan and Jug Suraiya (2007). Like That Only. Times Group Books. ISBN 978-81-89906-13-9.
  • Ninan, Ajit, and Sudeep Chakravarti (eds.). The India Today Book of Cartoons. New Delhi: Books Today, 2000.

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