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Kamat in Caricatures
Depiction of K. L. Kamat in Caricatures
First Online: March 23, 2002
Page Last Updated: February 15, 2013
Dr. K. L. Kamat was a very colorful person and has been the subject of many a humorous short stories by my mother Jyotsna Kamat. I have compiled the following cartoons and caricatures to illustrate artists' depiction of Kamat. Many are in fact, drawn by Kamat himself (self caricatures) but many others are by professional artists commissioned by various publications. I thank each of them for providing entertaining, yet truthful depictions of my father. - VK.
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Kamat, Family Humorist Most caricatures of Kamat involved humorous situations with wife Jyotsna -- arguing and finding joy in simple matters of life.
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Kamat was an avid bird watcher and has taken thousands of photographs of birds. This particular article illustrates how Kamat got arrested for photographing birds at a United Nations University. |
 Staff Artist, The Tushar Monthly |
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CameRasputin Kamat took great joy in identifying himself with, and photographing the
street children of India. Children of Asphalt -- Population experts are worried about the children of India. Not them! Pictures of happy children growing up on the streets of India. |
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Throughout his life, Kamat kept such a low profile, that very few people knew who he was. In this self caricature, Kamat is photographing a model, without identifying himself. |
 K. L. Kamat |
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Kamat the Vegetable Buyer Kamat went to the local vegetable and fruit market everyday for thirty-two years. He was quite an enigma among the roadside vendors. They called him as the "Late Night Restaurateur", "Photo Uncle", and "Friend of the Poor". Caricature shows Kamat buying more vegetables than he can consume. (Yes. he hand-carried them) |
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Kamat Cooker! Kamat was an excellent, and efficient cook. He did not have a refrigerator, and hence the Kamats had to cook often. The caricature shows Kamat using the traditional Indian knife (stationary knife) while operating a pressure cooker on a kerosene stove. |
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Kamat Pickles Factory Kamat was an expert pickle-maker with mangoes and lemon pickles being his specialties. Kamat's pickles were highly sought after among friends and relatives, and have been used as bribe to patch marriages, and close business deals. Kamat also used to prepare a dry pickle from a bitter fruit called Kaddu-Narag, that was used in the family to cure loss of appetite and as a dietary aid. |
See Also:
- India in India Ink -- Line drawings of life and people of India
- Pictorial Biography of K. L. Kamat
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K. L. Kamat
Remembering Kamat
