Born: 16th March 1940, at village Pura, Distt. Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India Father: Lt. Sh. Shobhanath Shukla (Freedom Fighter)
First cartoon appeared in national Hindi Daily 'Dainik Jagran' on 6th July 1967. Regularly appeared as a freelance cartoonist for :- Periodicals : Dinman, Shankar's weekly, Current, Blitz, Organizer, NewWave, Prajaniti, Pratipaksha, Aaspass, Hindi Express, Ravivar, Itwari Patrika, Dharamyug, Saptahik Hindustan, India Post, Sampadak, Himal and many more. Nationl Dailies : Dainik Jagran, Aaj, Navjeevan, Dainik Tribune, Rajasthan Patrika, Amar Ujala etc. Worked as editorial cartoonist :- Jansatta (Indian Express Publication) since 1983 to 1985. Navbharat Times (Times of India group) since July 1985 to Jan. 1999. Presently Working for the popular news portal www.prabhasakshi.com and cartoon website www.kaakdrishti.com.
Contributing weekly cartoon for National Hindi Daily Rashtriya Sahara published from Delhi, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Patna, Dehradun.
Publishing cartoon oriented fortnightly tabloid Kaaktoons India since 2004.
I am speaker of Loksabha (Parliament) merely with five hundred members, while 'KAAK' is speaker of Loksabha with members in millions : --Balram Jakhad
(Speaker of Lok Sabha, 16 Dec. 1986, Public Honour in Haridwar)
Like Charlie Brown, ultimtely the appeal of Kak's persona, lies in his ability to laugh and feel ashamed at human folly--Mrinal Pandey (Editor-in-chief Dainik Hindustan, Hindustan Times Publications)
at village Pura, Distt. Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India