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Billericay (United Kingdom): Three veteran artists, cartoonists and caricaturists par excellence are presently on 40-day tours to the United Kingdom and European countries. They have drawn up a hectic schedule to visit the world-renowned art galleries in these countries. R Suri, a septuagenarian artist is well-known for his mesmerizing works making it difficult to make out whether they are paintings or professionally snapped photographs. Sexagenarian B G Gujjarappa is an acclaimed cartoonist and has been ranked as one of the top 100 cartoonists in the globe. Maruthi from Dharwad is another senior artist who is part of the three-member team on a unique mission. B G Gujjarappa, despite a hectic schedule, has found time to jot down the significant features of the just-begun trip in his equally artistic handwriting. Here are the excerpts: Camp in Suri's house: I, Suri and Maruti met at Suri's home on the 18th of August night. We checked the weight of our luggage. Then we had a few

Bengaluru: Glowing tributes were paid to yesteryear veteran cartoonist late Ashwathnarayan popularly known as Ashwath by his family members and close relatives at an austere function here. The family also used the opportunity to display his cartoons apart from releasing a booklet containing a collection of his published pocket cartoons. Ashwath chose his style: BG Gujjarappa, a sexagenerian cartoonist ranking one among the top 100 cartoonists of the world, speaking on the occasion showered praises on the contribution of Ashwath. He opined-"When other senior cartoonists like R Murthy of Deccan Herald and Prajavani among others were impressed and influenced by legendary Sir David Alexander Cecil Low, Ashwath chose his inimitable style to draw cartoons". It may be recalled here that David Low remained an ideal model for cartoonists worldwide for decades. A New Zealand political cartoonist and caricaturist, David Low lived and worked in the United Kingdom and was a self-taught