Mir Suhail Qadri

{{short description|Indian cartoonist and fashion designer}}

{{Notability|Biography|date= June 2022}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}

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| birth_date = 25 June 1989

| birth_place = Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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| occupation = Cartoonist Fashion Designer

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Mir Suhail (born 25 June 1989) is a political cartoonist from Jammu and Kashmir.{{Cite web|title = Mir Suhail Qadri|url = http://thecherrytree.in/mir-suhail-qadri/|website = thecherrytree.in|accessdate = 2015-09-07|last = TheCherryTree| date=26 May 2013 }}

Education and career

During April 2015 Nepal earthquake Qadri's cartoon on biased media coverage of Indian media went viral on social networking sites after Nepal social media users criticized mainstream Indian media for insensitive coverage and started a trend on Twitter and Facebook #GoHomeIndianMedia{{Cite web|title = India & Nepal Media is Playing Ping-Pong, As #GoHomeIndianMedia & #DontComeBackIndianMediatrend Goes Viral on Twitter|url = http://www.topfivebuzz.com/indian-media-insensitive-coverage-of-nepal-earthquake-india-nepal-play-ping-pong/|accessdate = 2015-09-11|first = Oendrila|last = De|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151007041607/http://www.topfivebuzz.com/indian-media-insensitive-coverage-of-nepal-earthquake-india-nepal-play-ping-pong/|archive-date = 7 October 2015|url-status = dead}}

Achievements

Airports Authority of India selected his sketches for their calendar and New Year greeting cards after he won a national competition in the year (2012).{{Cite web|title = The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - J&K PLUS|url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120114/jkplus.htm#4|website = www.tribuneindia.com|accessdate = 2015-09-07}}

Very humble person

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