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According to Harikumar, various state departments and programmes are sharing his creations on their respective social media handles and websites to educate the public. Although ecstatic about the recognition, the artist admits that sketching cartoons for state agencies is not an easy task due to creative limitations that can be exercised while making them. Social awareness cartoons also tend to be less humorous since the importance is on the message being conveyed,” says Harikumar. An Alappuzha native, Harikumar has been creating political caricatures and cartoons for the past 35 years. “He wanted the cartoons to be made in a humorous vein to lighten the mood of people who enter the station..