Note from the Cartoonist..Sudhir Tailang

In more than 25 years of my cartooning , not a single politician has changed or reformed because of my cartoons! Yet, I trust the power of the cartoon. I have no doubt that a cartoon does exactly what it is meant to— play the role of the common man’s spokesperson. Give voice to the voiceless mute masses.

Bikaner is a politically orphaned city with a peaceful populace with no aggressive protest methods. There were 3 daily trains running between Delhi and Bikaner for more than 50 years. For the past 5 years the gauge conversion has been going on at a snail’s pace and with no hope of it being completed in the near future.

And hence, no chances of the trains to be back on tracks!



We formed Friends Of Bikaner to raise our voice in a very peaceful way.



We have raised it in the best medium I know—cartooning!



Shri Kunal Lalani, who has the same passion and love for our home Bikaner, immediately got enthused! And in just two days he organized everything– and the Mamata Banerjee cartoon hoarding is up at five locations in Delhi.



Are you watching Mamata Didi? I am sure once in a while Ministers listen to peaceful voices too. Let’s see!





This unique and novel way of protest has been used for the first time. A cartoon to register protest and make the Minister sit up and take notice.



Cartooning IS the art of protest. It’s the most authentic voice of dissent . But a hoarding to send a message across – is done for the first time.



Through this cartoon we demand fast completion of gauge conversion and immediate resumption of the daily direct trains between Delhi and Bikaner.







Sudhir Tailang







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I add my voice with you all, as Sudhirji's wife and as a I am a bahu of Bikaner ....good wishes to you and Bikaner....Vibha Tailang...MAMTAJI ARE YOU LISTENING???!!!...23/2/10

I CAN SEE MANY NEWS CHANNELS AND NEWSPAPERS HAS COVERED SUDHIRJI'S(ITS SUDHIRJI'S IDEA) AND MR. KUNAL LALLANI's(SPONSER) EFFORTs(HIS CARTOONS HOARDING WHICH ARE PLACED IN 5 PLACES OF DELHI by MR LALLANI'S AD AGENCY)....I HOPE HE GOT THE RESULT, AS IT IS A GENUINE AND REASONABLE WISH FOR OUR HOME TOWN...JUST WAIT AND WATCH...AAGE-AAGE HOTA HAI QUA???

#..IN LAST 5 YRS LINE CONVERSION FROM SMALL GAJE TO BROAD GAJE IS DONE FROM DELHI TO RATANGARH WHICH IS 283KMs FROM DELHI....RATANGARH IS 180 KMs FROM BIKANER....GOOD NEWS IS MS MAMTA BANERJEEJI HAS ANNOUNCED IN RAILWAY BUDGET THAT WITHIN 2010-2011...180KMs CONVERSION OF LINE FROM BIKANER TO RATANGARH WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED....LETS WAIT AND WATCH HOW IT CAN HAPPEN WITHIN A YEAR, WHEN 283KMs TOOK 5YRS?? ....DEFINITLY NEED A FAST PACE(IF IT HAPPEN WITHIN A YEAR OR 18 MONTHS THAT WILL BE A MIRACLE!!)...HOPE FOR THE BEST. WAIT AND WATCH...AAGE AAGE HOTA HAI QUA...!!! GOOD WISHES TO SUDHIRJI/KUNALJI ...ALL WELL WISHER AND BIKANER.BIKANER AND ITS RESIDENTS REALLY NEED A TRAIN TO AND FRO FROM DELHI...IT INCLUDES US ALSO!!

GOOD TO SEE NEWS IN ETV...SHOWING A CARTOON HOARDING MADE BY SOME ONE IN BIKANER, WHICH HAS SUDHIRJI (as character)ASKING FOR A TRAIN FROM MAMTAJI...INTERESTING TO SEE A CARTOONIST HIMSELF AS A NEWS IN A CARTOON....!! HE IS IN NEWS AND TALK OF THE TOWN IN BIKANER AND RAJASTHAN...FOR A RIGHT REASON...LOTS OF OLD FRIENDS ALSO CALLED HIM UP AFTER 23rd...his interview on LIVE INDIA on 24th with 4 ex railway ministers...Shri Lalluji, Shri Ramvilasji, Shri Ramnayakji...and of course Ms Mamtaji. Good wishes to Sudhirji...I am always there in support of his all good efforts... personal and for good causes IN PRESENT AND FUTURE. GOOD TO SEE HIS FAMILY/FRIENDS...AND ALL RAJASTHANI'S ARE PROUD OF HIM...SO AS OTHER CITIZEN'S OF OUR COUNTRY...I AM SURE!!!...HUMEIN BHI FAKRH HAI...GARV HAI.

YESTERDAY ON THE 26th FEB 2010...good to see him on INDIA TV and AASTHA CHANNEL with BABA RAMDEV...discussing and drawing cartoons LIVE on the UNION BUDGET...HE IS A GOOD SPEAKER.


Good News for Bikanerwasi staying here in Delhi...on 9/3/10...its in newspapers that Mamtadi has announced few new trains in Loksabha which were added after Railway Budget...and it has Delhi-Sarai Rohilla-Bikaner Express via Sadulpur...twice in a week....Good kuch nahin se kuch bhala...thanks Mamtaji.