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NEW DELHI: India’s well known cartoonist and Padama Shri Sudhir Tailang is no more. He passed away today after a prolonged illness. He was 56. Tailang was suffering from a brain tumour for some time. He would be cremated at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Lodhi road crematorium.
Tailang was under treatment for the last two years. He worked with almost all the well-known banners including Hindustan Times, Times of India, Indian Express. His last assignment was with the Asian Age.
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Born in Bikaner, Mr. Tailang came out with his first cartoon in 1970. He started his career with the Illustrated Weekly of India in Mumbai, in 1982. A year later, he joined the Navbharat Times in New Delhi. He had worked with all major English newspapers including the Hindustan Times, the Times of India and the Indian Express. His last assignment was with the Asian Age.
There was hardly any known personality in political world or other sphere of life who could escape his brush.