Well-known illustrator Chandra succumbs to COVID-19
The Hindu
Well-known illustrator, artist, cartoonist and writer Myadam Chandrashekhar, 74, popularly known as Chandra, succumbed to the COVID-19 in the wee hours of Thursday.Known for social, political and sati
Well-known illustrator, artist, cartoonist and writer Myadam Chandrashekhar, 74, popularly known as Chandra, succumbed to the COVID-19 in the wee hours of Thursday. Known for social, political and satirical cartoons, Chandra was also an illustrator who made sketches of several famous personalities at national and international level including from the Telugu land. He also made illustrations related to natural, folk, spiritual, mythological, modern and revolutionary ideologies besides writing several short stories. Chandra was undergoing treatment for nerves-related illness at Mother Teresa Rehabilitation Centre at Karkhana in Secunderabad. He was infected with COVID-19 at the centre and breathed his last on Thursday. He is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter and all the three children are settled overseas.
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