A cartoon of Lord Ganesha depicting the tussle between the BCCI and the Cricket South Africa has outraged the Hindu community in South Africa which termed it as a denigration of their faith.

But there is a problem – the cartoon wasn’t meant to mock Hindu beliefs, and so it comes off as misaimed. Using Ganesha as shorthand for India fails because Ganesha does not particularly ...

The cartoon shows Lord Ganesha holding a cricket bat and money, while Cricket SA (CSA) chief executive Haroon Lorgat, tied up on an altar, is about to be stabbed as a sacrifice by two CSA officials.

South African Hindu organisations are angry about a cartoon by Jonathan "Zapiro" Shapiro depicting their god of success, Lord Ganesha. The Star reported that the organisations described the ...

The cartoon, carried on Shapiro's website on Sunday and in the Sunday Times, shows Lord Ganesha holding a cricket bat and money, while Cricket SA (CSA) chief executive Haroon Lorgat, tied up on an ...

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