Goa, May 1 -- Dr M R Ramesh Kumar

M ario João Carlos do Rosario de Brito Miranda (2 May 1926-11 December 2011), popularly known as Mario Miranda or Mario de Miranda, was an Indian cartoonist and painter originally from Loutolim. Miranda had been a regular with newspapers in Mumbai, though he got his popularity with his works published in The Illustrated Weekly of India. He was awarded India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan (posthumously) in 2012.

Miranda was born in Daman, then in Portuguese India, to Catholic parents. At an early age, he would draw caricatures and sketch on the walls of his home, until his mother brought him a blank book. He then began making personalised postcards for his friends, charging the...