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To: Satish C. Shah who wrote (5407)	7/31/1999 11:30:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 12475

Meet Abu Abraham-Cartoonist.(Interview by Shoba Warrier) Satish: Here is an interesting fellow,I am sure you heard of him and seen his cartoons.R.K.Laxman, Mario Miranda and Abu Abraham make a wonderful trio. ======================= rediff.com The legendary Abu Abraham, 73, was playing the perfect host to Rediff On The NeT's Shobha Warrier at his Trivandrum home. Matters, especially matters of art, he told her, were best spoken over gin or a glass of beer. So which shall it be? ... Unfortunately, our lady was a teetotaller, with a pronounced weakness for tea. So could a cup of the stuff be procured? "What!" the cartoonist feigned surprise, "Tea at noon?" But finally, it was tea that saw the interview through. Seated in his magnificent and much-talked about bungalow (designed by the celebrated Laurie Baker), Shobha consumed cup after cup of superbly-made tea as Abraham, who started his career as a reporter for The Bombay Chronicle in 1946 before switching to cartoons (with stints at The Observer and The Guardian), spoke frankly and poignantly -- yes, like a cartoonist! -- about his art and himself. Before we move to the interview, a little more about Abraham: Besides his drawings, he has several books -- Abu on Bangladesh, Private View, Games of the Emergency and Arrivals and Departures -- to his credit as well. He was given a special award by the British Film Institute in 1970 for his animated cartoon film No Arks. Two years later, he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. Now read on... rediff.com