Mario Miranda

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Mário Joo Carlos do Rosário Miranda, a young Indian cartoonist and painter based in Loutolim, India's state of Goa, was born in 1926. Mario Miranda, commonly known as Mario Miranda or Mario de Miranda, died on May 1926 – 11 December 2011. Miranda had been a regular with The Times of India and other newspapers in Mumbai, including The Economic Times, but he came to fame when his work was published in The Illustrated Weekly of India.

In 2012, he received India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan.

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Life and career

Miranda was born in Daman and then in Portuguese India to Catholic parents of Brahmin origin, and his family's surname is Sardesai. He would draw caricatures and sketch on the walls of his house before his mother gave him a blank book. In the 1930s and 1940s, he began making personalised postcards for his customers, charging them a small amount. He even got into trouble at school for sketching Catholic priests. Earlier cartoons by Mario Miranda depicted vignettes of Goan village life, a subject he is most well known for even today. He'd keep diaries from ten years old, sketching the lives around him.

He studied at St. Joseph's Boys' High School in Bangalore and then completed a B.A. Historically at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, while focusing on the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He began studying architecture at the behest of his parents' children's house but then lost interest. In 1949, he began receiving small commissions and sketched people in his private diaries. In moderation, he loved good food and red wine, but he would mostly visit restaurants and taverns to record the patrons' lives.

Miranda began his career in an advertising company, where he spent four years before starting to draw full time. He had his first encounter as a cartoonist with The Illustrated Weekly of India, which published a few of his drawings. His drawings and cartoons have also gained him an invite to work at The Current magazine. And though the Times of India had rejected him at first, a year later, he was offered a slot. Miss Nimbupani and Miss Fonseca followed him in Femina, Economic Times, and The Illustrated Weekly of India.

Mario first received a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and spent a year in Portugal, helping him "broaden his horizons." He then moved to London, where he worked for various newspapers and even in television animation. His caricatures were published in magazines including Mad, Lilliput, and Punch during his five years in the United States. He went to many countries after, either working or exhibiting exhibits.

Miranda returned to India in the late 1980s for good, and was given back his old job with the Times of India in Mumbai, where he worked with noted cartoonist R.K. Laxman.

Miranda Hydari met artist Habiba Hydari shortly after. Habiba was a member of the Hydari family in Hyderabad and grand-daughter of Akbar Hydari. Rahul and Rishad were married and had two sons.

Miranda's first break came in 1974, when he traveled to America at the invitation of the United States Information Services, allowing him to promote his art and collaborate with other cartoonists in the United States. Herblock, the Washington Post's editorial cartoonist, met Herblock.

He held solo exhibitions in over 22 countries, including the United States, Japan, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, France, Yugoslavia, and Portugal.

Miranda lived in his ancestral home, at Loutolim, a village in Salcete, Goa, with his wife Habiba, until retirement. Miranda's work was seen regularly in Mumbai publications, and he was invited to visit countries such as Mauritius and Spain to experience their local cultures. Miranda died of natural causes at his Loutolim home on December 11, 2011. Mario's body was then carried to the Hindu Crematorium in Margo, where he was cremated by his younger son Rishaad as per his wishes.

Vijay N Seth, an Indian cartoonist, paid tribute to Miranda, whom he described as a mentor.

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