Without Reservations: The Cartoons by Ricardo Caté

“A picture is worth a thousand words” goes the saying. Our April book selection asks, “Why take life so seriously?” This past year, perhaps many of us have had to do so – or have asked this of ourselves. Coronavirus has certainly thrown us a curveball, spitball, and inside pitch all at once, and what we all need is a good belly-laugh. This month’s reading, “Without Reservations: The Cartoons of Richard Caté,” by Kewa/Santo Domingo artist/cartoonist Richard Caté (invited guest), contradicts the stereotype of ‘stoic Indian’ with a satirical, if not irreverent, perspective of the contemporary Indian experience.