The Interesting Story of Cartoon Character, PRince

Cartoon Character PRince

The cute little cartoon character, PRince has been adding value and humour to your ezine, PreSense for the past five years.  He has been conveying powerful messages with a sense of humour.  The creation and the journey of PRince is interesting and amazing. 

Triambak Sharma

In July 2008, on Dr Abdul Kalam’s suggestion, the editorial team decided to introduce cartoons in the ezine.  When we made an announcement to the effect in the PrPoint group, Mr Triambak Sharma, a well-known cartoonist from Raipur and the editor of Cartoonwatch volunteered to provide cartoons for the ezine every month.  Instead of publishing regular assorted cartoons, the editorial team decided on a cartoon character, on the lines of R K Laxman’s ‘Comman Man’, to convey the message. 

Announcement in prpoint group

On 3^rd July 2008, the editorial team made an announcement about its idea, in the groups, and invited suggestions from the members, and also a suitable name for the character.  The team received an overwhelming response of 100 suggested names.  The suggestion given by Ms Uma, a communication professional to name the character ‘PRince’ received unanimous approval of the editorial team. ‘Prince’ was introduced to the groups on 10^th July 2008. 

“I wanted PRince to be the youth icon of this 21^st century, as a representative of the professionals working in corporate and other offices.  Hence, I created him as an energetic young person a wearing trendy outfit with necktie.  I am proud that PRince was born in Raipur”, says Triambak Sharma proudly. 

Dr Abdul Kalam launching cartoon character

The first cartoon, created by Triambak Sharma, was launched by Dr Abdul Kalam himself with his autograph, on 24^th July 2008 at Rajbhavan, Chennai. The cartoon character was created and launched within 20 days of the editorial team’s decision to include the cartoon in the ezine.

Every edition of the ezine from July 2008 onwards contains the PRince cartoon.  In every issue, PRince conveyed a powerful message with a sense of humour.  Thus, PRince won itself many fans.  PRince became popular worldwide.

In April 2010, The Wall Street Journal of America, carried one of the PRince cartoons with the permission of Triambak Sharma.

Wall Street Journal carrying PRince cartoon

The popularity of PRince grew day by day, both nationally and internationally.

In May 2010, a CD containing the PRince cartoons was released on the occasion of the launch of the Golden Jubilee edition (50^th) of ezine. it was also displayed on the internet.

PRince cartoon Feb 2011

PRince who was a Casanova till then, married his sweetheart ‘PRincess’ in the Diamond Jubilee 60^th edition, published in February 2011 (picture on the right). “Only married people can understand the problems of the common person and communicate in a mature manner.  Subsequent to his marriage, PRince started talking about many serious issues affecting the common citizen”, says Triambak Sharma when asked why PRince married hastily.  The readers could notice that after the 61^st edition, PRince conveyed more serious messages than what he used to, before his marriage.

Dr Abdul Kalam's speech referring PRince

Interestingly, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam himself is one of the great fans of PRince. While addressing the Cartoon Festival at New Delhi on 29^th April 2011, Dr Abdul Kalam suggested that cartoonists should be remembered for creating cartoon characters like ‘Common Man’ and ‘PRince’. 

In the  Cartoon Festival organised at Raipur (Chhattisgarh) on 29^th June 2013,  Dr Raman Singh, the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh was the Chief Guest.  A video poresentation on the cartoon character PRince was shown to the Hon’ble Chief Minister and to the audience.  A CD containing the past 55 cartoons published in the ezine from July 2008 to June 2013 was also handed over to Dr Raman Singh, the Chief Minister by Triambak Sharma.  The Chief Minister highly appreciated the concept of cartoon character and enjoyed the PRince cartoons.

The past 75 editions of ezine PreSense and the ebook on PRince cartoons can be downloaded from the link.

http://goo.gl/5zTJC

Please watch a brief video presentation on the PRince cartoon.

While Mumbai can be proud of ‘Common Man’ created by R K Laxman, Raipur can now be proud of Triambak’s ‘PRince’. 

(The images and the contents are in public domain.  They can be freely distributed and shared with others.)

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Platinum Jubilee edition (75th) of ezine PreSense: Journey of ezine + Story of cartoon character PRince + many more

We are pleased to release the Platinum Jubilee (75th) edition of ezine PreSense.  This edition was launched by youngsters /students on 23rd June 2013 simultaneously at Chennai, Coimbatore and Motihari (Bihar) in the presence of youngsters.  This edition is dedicated to Indian youth.

On 29th June 2013, our cartoon editor Triambak Sharma handed over the CD containing the past PRince cartoons to Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh during the Cartoon Festival..  The Chief Minister watched a short video presentation on the cartoon character PRince and appreciated the efforts.

This edition broadly contains the following:

1.  Platinum Jubilee edition launch report and photographs;

2.  Interesting story of cartoon character PRince;

3.  Milestones in the journey of ezine PreSense - An interesting case study;

4.  PRince cartoon.

The ezine with interesting contents and photos may be downloaded from (pdf 900k)

http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense0613.pdf

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May 2013 (74th) edition of PreSense: Vinod Rai+Indian Cinema 100 + Aryabhata + IPL gate + many more

We are pleased to release the 74th edition (May 2013) of our ezine PreSense.  This edition contains the following:

1.  Man of the month (Cover Story) on Mr Vinod Rai, the recently retired CAG of India;

2.  Historical events relating to May - Indian Cinema 100 (with rare photos);

3.  Ancient Indian wisdom - Aryabhata, greatest mathematician and astronomer of ancient India;

4.  Controversy - IPL Gate (PRince cartoon also on the same theme);

5.  Dr Abdul Kalam receiving the world's prestigious Von Braun Award at USA;

6. From the archives of ezine (May 2007) - Media relations during crisis by T N Ashok and Tushar;

7.  Ignited Minds - The interesting story of CH Sekar, who was refused US visa for higher studies, turning out to be a role-model MLA;

8.  Tips to handle social media, to avoid 'information harvesting'.

Editorial team is confident that the readers will continue to enjoy this May edition also.  Please send us your feedback.

The ezine may be downloaded from the following link in pdf format (610k).

http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense0513.pdf

We are happy to inform you that our next edition is the Platinum Jubilee edition (75th edition).  We humbly thank our readers for the sustained support to us in  bringing out the highly qualitative ezine every month.  If you have any suggestion to make for inclusion in the 75th edition, please share with us at editor@corpezine.com.

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April 2013 (73rd edition) - Interesting facts about Indian Parliament + Sansad Ratna Awards 2013

This special edition this unique 73rd edition (April 2013) of your ezine PreSense was released by Dr K. Rosaiah, His Excellency The Governor of Tamil Nadu during the Sansad Ratna Award function on 20th April 2013.  With the launch of your ezine PreSense  by the Governor of Tamil Nadu, this ezine enters a new era of credibility adding more responsibility to our team, to continue to  provide highest quality contents in future.

On this happy occassion, editorial team thanks all the readers for the sustained support and feedback.  

After the launch of this special edition by the Governor, we  added the photos and the proceedings of the Sansad Ratna Award function.  Since the General Elections will be held in few months, this ezine will be useful for all the citizens to understand our constitutional democracy, which we may have to be proud of.  

This edition broadly contains the following:

1.  Dr Abdul Kalam's exclusive message to our Sansad Ratna Award function;

2.  Overview of Indian Parliament;

3.  Interesting facts about Parliament chambers;

4.  Sittings held by Indian Parliament from 1952 to April 2013;

5.  Business done by Lok Sabha during sittings;

6.  Humour in Lok Sabha;

7.  Performance of 15th Lok Sabha - Bills passed - disruption details;

8.  Top performing MPs of 15th Lok Sabha;

9.  A brief report on Sansad Ratna 2013 Award function;

Since this is a special edition released by the Governor, we have focussed exclusively on Indian Parliament.   We will follow our usual format from the next edition onwards.

This ezine may be downloaded from the following link. (700 k in pdf)

http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense0413.pdf 

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March 2013 issue of Ezine: New Pope + Ram Setu +Vivekananda+Sanjay Dutt+many more

We are pleased to release the 72nd issue of ezine (March 2013).  This edition contains the following. 

1.  Cover Story on new Pope Francis.

2.  Vivekananda 150 - Interesting facts and unknown people behind Swami Vivekananda's visit to Chicago in 1893.

3.  Under Ancient Indian wisdom - Ram Setu, a civil engineering marvel - interesting technical aspects as told by Valmiki.

4.  Historical event - Dandi March of Mahatma Gandhi - Impact on British.

5. From the Archives of  March 2007 issue - Alexandar's 3 wishes

6.  Recent controversy on Sanjay Dutt + Prince cartoon on the same controversy.

7.  Ignited Minds - Top performing Lok Sabha Members till the end of Part I of Budget Session 2013.

The ezine may  be downloaded from the following link in pdf form (900 k).

http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense0313.pdf

We are confident that you would enjoy this edition also.  Please send us your feedback and share this with others.

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Feb 2013 issue of ezine: Lone crusader Sasi Perumal + Kumbh Mela + Navin Gulia + many more

Feb 2013 issue (71st edition) of ezine PreSense contains the following:

1.  Cover Story and Man of the Month:  Mr Sasi Perumal, lone crusader and Gandhian who is on fast for the past 31 days demanding total prohibition;

2.  Ancient Indian Wisdom: Significance of Kumbh Mela festival from  the ancient days.

3.   Ignited Minds: Inspiring story of Mr Navin Gulia, who is declared 100% medically disabled and his great mind boggling achievements.

4.  Vivekananda 150: How Swami Vivekananda inspired John D Rockefeller to donate for public cause.

5.  Remembering historical events relating to Feb.  -  National Science Day and Sir C V Raman's discovery of Raman Effect.

6.  From the archives of Feb 2007 edition :  Exclusive interview with Mr Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia.

7.  Controversy over the statements of Justice Katju and Justice Thomas.

8.  Interesting PRince cartoon.

This ezine may also be downloaded from the following link. (680k in pdf)

http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense0213.pdf 

We hope you will enjoy this edition.  Please send us your feedback to editor@corpezine.com 

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Jan 2013 (70th edition) Ezine: Vinton G Cerf + Vivekananda150 + M Narendra+ CIBIL + many more

Jan 2013 issue (70th Edition)  of ezine PreSense.   contains the following.

1.  Man of the month and Cover Story : Exclusive interview for our ezine with  Mr Vinton G Cerf, Father of Internet and who invented the  modern internet 30 years ago.  

2.  Vivekananda 150 :  How Vivekananda was responsible for establishing Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore.

3.  Ignited Minds :  Mr M Narendra, Chairman and Mg. Director of Indian Overseas Bank - The inspiring story of manager turned leader and podcast interview with him.

4.  Controversy:  How Taliban and Pak Terrorists hailed Indian Home Minister Mr Shinde for his remark on 'saffron terrorism'.

5.  Social Issue :  Cautioning the young bank borrowers about Credit Information Agency 'CIBIL'. Be ware and be aware of CIBIL.

6.  Historical event for Jan:  Making of Constitution - Interesting facts about Constituent Assembly and Republic Day.

7.  Ancient Indian Wisdom : Thirukkural, the book written 2000 years back - Second largest translated book in the world.

8.  From the Archives:  How to protect your eyes from the computers - Computer Vision syndrome.

9.  Triambak's PRince cartoon on Viswaroopam

The ezine is also downloadable (650 k in pdf) from

http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense0113.pdf

We hope you will continue to enjoy this ezine.  Please send your feedback to editor@corpezine.com

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Dec 12 issue of ezine: Narendra Modi+Arthasastra+Crime against women+Kamal Hassan DTH controversy+others

Narendra Modi

On behalf of Editorial Team of ezine PreSense, we wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year 2013.

December 2012 issue of ezine (69th edition), contains the following:

1.  Man of the month and cover story:  Systematically most abused and maligned Narendra Modi, crowned for the fourth time.  Some insights.

2.  Ancient Indian Wisdom: Arthasastra talks about modern day governance mantras, including encryption of communication. Interesting facts are revealed in this article.

3.  Historical events relating to December:  Remembering the attack on Indian Parliament on 13th December 2001.

4.  Social Issue :  Crime against women - The lessons to be learnt from the the most unfortunate Delhi gang-rape incident.

5.  Ignited Minds - An exclusive inspiring  interview with Mr Arjun Ram Meghwal, one of the top performing MPs of the current 15th Lok Sabha.

6.  Controversy - Actor Kamal Hassan will be releasing his much awaited film Viswaroopam through DTH on 10th Jan 2013.This is the first of its kind in the world.  This has generated a lot of controversy.  We analyse the issue.

Besides, our usual PRince cartoon, Dr Abdul Kalam;'s inspiring quotes, and articles from the archives are also included in this edition.

We hope you will enjoy this edition of ezine.  Please send us your feedback.

This ezine can be downloaded from the following link in pdf format (600k).

http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense1212.pdf

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Nov 12 issue of ezine: Malala + Ayurveda + Sec 66A of IT Act + many more

November 2012 issue of ezine PreSense (68th edition) contains the following:

1. Cover story:  Pakistan child activist Malala who fought for the girls' education from her 11th age.   She was shot by Taliban fundamentalists.  UN declared 10th November as Malala Day.

2.  Ancient Indian Wisdom:   'Ayurveda'. Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used more than 100 surgical tools.  They even performed cataract operation and plastic surgery.  

3.  Ignited Minds:   Mr Muralidharan of Sevalaya.  They run a Higher Secondary School without a fee counter.  They provide education free of cost  to 1650 poorest of the poor rural children covering 32 villages.  They also take care of destitute children and old age people.  Sevalaya has brought transformation in many villages silently. 

4.  Historic events: Saluting the heroes of 26/11 Mumbai attack by Terrorists.

5.  Social issue : The  problems faced by 'single woman'.

6.  Controversy: Recent arrests of social media users at West Bengal, Puducherry and Maharashtra has triggered a controversy over the Section 66A of IT Act.  Even Chief Justice of India has expressed concern over the misuse of 66A.  

Besides, this edition also contains the usual inspiring quotes from Dr Abdul Kalam, Triambak's cartoon, podcast on jet-lag,  etc.

This edition may  be downloaded from the following link. (600k in pdf)

http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense1112.pdf

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Oct 2012 issue of ezine: Dr Ashok Khemka + India Pak War 1947 + India China War 1962 + many more

67th Edition (Oct 2012) of our ezine PreSense contains the follows:

1.  Man of the month and cover story: Dr Ashok Khema IAS, who was transferred 41 times in his 20 years of service.

2.  In the historical section relating to October, we have featured India-Pak War (1947) and India-China War (1962).  Interestingly, invasion by enemy countries  in both the cases started on 20th October of the respective years. Immediately after our Independence, India was facing challenges at the borders.  Pakistan and China occupied a major portion of our J & K then.  The problem remains unresolved till date.   Please read the insight.

3.  In the 'Ancient Indian Wisdom' section, we have brought out how our ancient Indians were using vimanas (flying machines).  Readers will be surprised to know that Sri Lanka King Ravana had 6 Airports in his kingdom.  Please read the interesting facts.

4.  Mr Munna Kumar Arya (27), a young man from interior Bihar is doing a great job with his team to motivate the youth to realise the Vision 2020. We have brought out his inspiring story.

5.  Under the controversy section, we have analysed the recent developments  relating to the activists and media targeting on individual political leaders to defame them.  

6.  Under the 'Social issue' section, we have discussed the problems relating to elders.

Besides, we have included the 'Archives from the past ezine' . Triambak's PRince cartoon and Mr Talwant Singh's speech on "Cyber war'.  

The ezine may also be downloaded form the following link.

http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense1012.pdf

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Sep 12 - Homage to Dr Kurien + World War II + many more

66th edition of ezine PreSense (Sep 2012).  This ezine contains broadly the following:

1.  Cover story:  Ever cheerful 'Amul Girl' wept for the first time in early Sep 2012 to mourn the demise of Dr Varghese Kurien, Milkman of India. Triambak's touching cartoon also adds value to the cover story.

2.  Under historical events relating to September, we have featured World War II, which commenced on 1st Sep 1939 and ended on 2nd Sep 1945.  Please look at the rare pictures. 

3.  From this issue, we are including a new section titled "Ancient Indian Wisdom".  Every month, we will be bringing out the greatness of our ancient wisdom.  In this issue, we have brought out how Rig Veda was used in the first phonograph, invented by Graham Bell.  

4.  Under 'Social issues', we have featured  the health hazard due to  the bad manners of using saliva for turning pages and spitting on the public places.

5.  Under 'Ignited Minds', we have featured Mr Aum Murugan, a Railway employee who has conducted more than 700 eye camps and health camps, besides providing vocational training to 3000 persons annually. 

6.  Recent decision of the Government of India to allow FDI in muti-brand retail has generated lot of debates in India. We have featured this issue under our controversy section.

As usual, we have also included Dr Kalam's inspiring quotes, articles from the archives of the ezine, etc.    We are confident that you will continue to enjoy this ezine.  Please share your feedback.

This ezine may also be downloaded from 

http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense0912.pdf (580 k in pdf)

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Aug 2012 - Mahatma on Independence Day + Evils of tobacco

We are pleased to release the August 2012 issue (65th edition) of ezine PreSense.  In this issue, we cover the following.

1. Cover Story -  Indian Olympic Medalists.

2. Inspiring speech of Dr Abdul Kalam.

3. History Section - Where was Mahatma Gandhi on Independence Day?

4. Social Issue - Deadly combination of smoking and alcohol.

5. Education - Accreditation for Communication, Marketing, HR professionals.

6. Ignited Minds - Kuthambakkam Elango

7. Triambak's PRince cartoon.

8. Controversy Section - Banning of Mobile SMS.

9. From the Archives of Aug 06 edition - Attitude and Stress Management.

From this issue, we have introduced two new sections, (1) From the Archives of the ezine (corresponding month 6 years back) and (2) one social issue.

We hope you will continue to enjoy this ezine and share with your friends and colleagues. 

This ezine may also be downloaded from the following link. (650 k in pdf)

http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense0812.pdf

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