N. Ponnappa

N. Ponnappa is an Indian cartoonist, working in Bangalore. His daily Offside cartoon is a regular feature of the local Times of India. Also his cartoons have been featured in Midday in Mumbai over the past 17 years.^[1] He is the grandson of Nadikerianda Chinnappa, the compiler of the Pattole Palome(see:Kodava).

After an eleven year stint from 1970 to 1981 in architecture at Chennai, Delhi, the US and Africa, he turned into a cartoonist.^[2] A self-taught cartoonist, he began by doing cartoons for his college magazine at IIT, Chicago.^[2] He then decided to go freelance and his drawing skills from architecture helped him.

References

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• "The Mantra of Freedom", The Hindu Business Line, Saturday, May 25, 2002

External links

• "Lines of Laughter" The Hindu Metroplus Bangalore, Thursday, Apr 18, 2002

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