PANAJI, GOA, INDIA, December 11, 2011 (Hindustan Times): Acclaimed cartoonist Mario Miranda, who made Goan landscapes and people come alive on canvas, died at his ancestral home in Loutolim early on Sunday after a long illness, family sources said. He was 85. “He had been ailing for long and he passed away peacefully in his sleep,” his grieving widow Habiba told IANS.
[HPI note: Miranda was a widely talented cartoonist with an eye to the magical and the humorous when chronicling daily life. He worked often with Hinduism Today.]