Earlier this month, as the world celebrated Cartoonists’ Day (May 5), we thought of Mario Miranda. He was one of the great Indian artists of the 20th century—and was often the first one we encountered as children! Remember the Bal-Bharti textbooks from Class I? All those illustrations were Miranda’s work. 

Of course, we’ve all become a lot more familiar with him now after our Goa travels thanks to the Mario Miranda gallery. Here’s a sampling of some of the work featured in the gallery. Miranda was a keen observer of people and one can lose oneself in the delightful details in his cartoons—as this one of a Bombay sidewalk” 

Miranda stayed away from political cartooning, but instead held up a mirror to everyday life. Below is a collage of a beer hall in Munich and street food in Singapore:

And this is a collage of his cover for SPAN magazine and Times Square:

Want more Miranda? Check out Heritage Lab’s collection titled ‘Eating (& Drinking) Out’—which features more from his travels around the world.