KSRTC painter’s cartoon show in town

Dinesh Dali captures moments from daily life with a tinge of humour

Dinesh Dali with his cartoons that are on show at ‘Solo Toons’ at Nanappa Art Gallery in the city on Monday.

Kochi: A lady with a surveillance cam bound to her hair to watch the eve-teaser in tow; a helmet-wearing Malayali in the queue to the much-needed, much-hated Bevco liquor outlet to dodge identification; a ration dealer supplying rice to the rich, as those in the below poverty line stand in a long queue….

Dinesh Dali , painter at the regional workshop of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) at Edappal, captures moments from daily life, with a tinge of humour, through his cartoons that are on show at ‘Solo Toons’, organised by the Kerala Cartoon Academy at Nanappa Art Gallery on Karikkamuri Crossroads.

Dinesh is a familiar name to readers of

Pakkanar entertainment magazine,

Manorama weekly,

Mangalam weekly,

Hasya Kairali ,

Rashtradeepika , and

Flash , as his cartoons frequently appear in these publications. A native of Chettippady in Parappanangadi, Dinesh is also a trade union activist.

He added ‘Dali’ to his own name out of reverence to renowned painter Salvador Dali.

The ongoing exhibition is part of a string of such shows organised by the academy ahead of the national cartoon fest, ‘CariToon-2017’ set to get under way in the city between May 4 and 8.