Cartooning competition

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Last Thursday, cartooning competition was held at my workplace (CSC) as a part of the ongoing 'Samskruthi' cultural fest. There were six participants. At first I was reluctant to participate...not sure whether I was being shy or just plain lazy. Probably it was the second part. However, my colleagues persuaded me to participate and I did. 

Three topics were given, out of which we had to choose one. The first was "Margazhi month & music". In Tamil Nadu (maybe also south India), Margazhi month is synonymous with music (classical). The entire month is fully loaded with various concerts. All the halls, auditoriums are booked. Every poster, leaflet and magazines speak of  various artists and their talents in various concerts. 

I do love music but classical music goes far above my brain's frequency. Though this cartooning topic was not about music but about the activities in the month, I did have a lump in my throat as I heard the judge announce this first topic. 

The second topic was "Happiness at work place". Hmmm...this sounded better. We do fool around at our work place, apart from pretending to work ;)...but to pictorially represent the fun sounded like letting the cat out of the bag. I hesitated.

The third topic was "Onion Tears". Ah! that sounded like music to my ears. Onions did bring tears to me both physically and financially, but for once they did bring a sign of relief. Having decided that there could be no better topic I started to sketch. I initially had a different idea but modified it to go with the word "Tears" .

The results of the competition will be officially out on Monday. While I wait for the results, here is the cartoon for you. I took a quick photograph of the cartoon before submitting it and hence the quality of the image is bit poor. Apologies for that. 

As usual, your comments are stepping stones in my pursuit in cartooning. Please do drop in your views if possible. Thanks a lot!! :)

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