Himal Southasian Cartoon Competition 2008/ Nepal

Shantha. K. Herath recognized in Himal competition

Former Sunday Island cartoonist, Shantha K. Herath, won an honourable mention at a recent competition for South Asian cartoonists organized by the Himal South Asia magazine.

A total of 376 entries from 173 cartoonists from all over the world was received for this competition on the theme "Dramatic Divide: The distance between the powerful and the powerless."

The three-member jury comprising Sadanand Menon, Madhuker Upadhyay and Kunda Dixit chose the winners and, to recognize the high quality of the works submitted, the editors of Himal also announced an Editors’ Pick list for special recognition. This cartoon by Herath beloged to that category.

The winner of the competition was Husejin Hanusic (Hule) of Bosnia and Herzegovina and there was a tie for the runner up between Oktay Bingol of Turkey and Jamal Rahmati of Iran.

Results Himal Southasian Cartoon Competition 2008/ Nepal

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Championship ：Husejin Hanusic （Hule ）
RUNNER UP：Tie between Oktay Bingol （Turkey）
RUNNER UP：Jamal Rahmati （Iran）

EDITORS PICK：

Abhijeet Kini （Bombay, India）
Bayram Hajizadeh （Baku, Azerbeijan）
Chime Rigzin Namgyal （Thimphu, Bhutan）
Ferreol Murillo Fuentes “FERROM“ （San Jose, Costa Rica）
Hari Nepali （Kathmandu, Nepal）
Kamruzzaman Ratan （Dhaka, Bangladesh）
Karen Haydock （Chandigarh, India）
Makhmudjon Eshonkulov (Makhmud) （Tashkent, Uzbekistan）
Malik Sajad （Srinagar, India）
Mir Rohullah Sadat （Kabul, Afghanistan）
Muhammad Zahoor （Peshawar, Pakistan）
NB Sudheer Nath （New Delhi, India）
Prabhakar Parshuram Wairkar （Bombay, India）
Rajesh KC （Kathmandu, Nepal）
Rodrigo Daniel Nunes de Matos （Lisboa, Portugal）
Sabir Nazar （Lahore, Pakistan）

Shantha K Herath （Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka）
Spiro Radulovic （Belgrade, Serbia）
Syed Rashad Imam “Tanmoy“ （Dhaka, Bangladesh）
Triambak Sharma （Rajpur, India）