Vasant Sarwate was an Indian cartoonist and writer who was published primarily in Marathi publications during his lifetime. In 1927, he was born in Kolhapur. Sarwate began creating cartoons when he was seventeen years old. He published a lot of compilations of his work as well as books about his art. In this picture, a man has just sipped his tea, which perhaps is hotter than usual, and it has given him a sore tongue. He admonishes his wife (not in the picture) for pouring such a hot cup. The picture becomes so poignant because the broadsheet he is reading has these news items: "A quake in Iran kills 5,000 and injures thousands", "floods in Gujarat kill hundreds", "Boat capsizes," etc! Even reading about these catastrophes has not made a dent in our Marathi-speaking Homer Simpson's sensitivity. He remains just like him. He was a licenced civil engineer who spent the majority of his career working for Associated Cement Companies. In May 2009, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Institute of Cartoonists. He passed away on December 24, 2016, in Mumbai.