Cartoon Suicide

Cartoonist Bala G was on Sunday arrested in Chennai for a "demeaning caricature" that blamed top government functionaries including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami of not acting against loan sharks who had driven four people to suicide last month.

A 12-year-old boy, "addicted to cartoon shows", was found suffocated to death after allegedly trying to imitate a suicide scene in his house in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said today.

A 13-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide after his younger brother, who was watching a cartoon channel on television, refused to allow him to watch a programme of his choice, police said on Monday.

Time and again we have heard of the harmful effects of watching cartoon shows on children. Studies have said that children tend to become more aggressive after watching cartoons and ape all that they see in the animated violence. A 13-year-old boy, inspired by the actions of a cartoon character, hanged himself using a shawl yesterday. According to ...

Cartoonist Bala G was on Sunday arrested in Chennai for a "demeaning caricature" that blamed top government functionaries including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami of not acting against loan sharks who had driven four people to suicide last month.

A 12-year-old boy, "addicted to cartoon shows", was found suffocated to death after allegedly trying to imitate a suicide scene in his house in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said today.

A 13-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide after his younger brother, who was watching a cartoon channel on television, refused to allow him to watch a programme of his choice, police said on Monday.

Time and again we have heard of the harmful effects of watching cartoon shows on children. Studies have said that children tend to become more aggressive after watching cartoons and ape all that they see in the animated violence. A 13-year-old boy, inspired by the actions of a cartoon character, hanged himself using a shawl yesterday. According to ...