Rajinder Puri was an Indian cartoonist, veteran columnist, and political activist. In Karachi, Pakistan, on September 20, 1934, Puri was born. After the Partition, his family relocated to Delhi. He created drawings for The Statesman between 1956 and 1957. He then moved to London and briefly created pictures for the Manchester Guardian and the Glasgow Herald between 1958 and 1959. From 1959 until 1967, he lived back in India and worked as a cartoonist for the Hindustan Times. After this period, he began working as a freelancer and columnist. At the age of 80, Puri passed away in his sleep on February 16, 2015.