In pics: Live sketches by New Yorker’s Liza Donnelly from HTLS 2016

Liza Donnelly, a celebrated New Yorker cartoonist and writer, is live-sketching from HT Leadership Summit 2016. She is making sketches of all the speakers and some guests.

Liza Donnelly, a celebrated New Yorker cartoonist and writer, is live-sketching the sessions happening at HT’s Leadership Summit 2016.

One of Liza Donnelly’s live sketches depict people listening at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2016. (Liza Donnelly)

Donnelly has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1979 and now also does live cartooning for the US news channel CBS, besides publishing in other media forums, and has since carved out a niche for herself: issues centred around gender.

Take a look at her sketches from the 2016 HT summit:

“There were many things like the Zero FIR that women didn’t know about. That’s something we propagated with Pink,” Amitabh Bachchan said.

Live sketch of Karan Johar. “I know when I have made a bad movie,” Johar said.

Live sketch of Amitabh Bachchan. Bachchan said the kind of work our writers are doing these days is phenomenal.

“India is a country where new technology is going to happen; this is a country I am very much interested in investing,” Softbank Group chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said.

“The fight in Punjab will be between Cong and Akali, AAP has no chance,” Punjab’s deputy chief minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal said.

“We don’t have a national drug policy. People grow drugs in Rajasthan and MP and sell them in Punjab,” Capt Amarinder Singh said.

Punjab’s deputy chief minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal, and his political rival and Congress leader, Capt Amarinder Singh, in a discussion with Sonia Singh, editorial director, NDTV.

Defence minister Manohar Parrikar said surgical strikes have created a degree of uncertainty among our adversaries.

Economist and Nobel laureate Dr Paul Krugman talks about the outlook of US’ economy following Donald Trump’s election as president.

Dr Paul Krugman in conversation with Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, executive editor, Mint.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.

NDTV’s consulting editor Barkha Dutt.

NDTV’s consulting editor Barkha Dutt in conversation with Akhilesh Yadav, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Isha foundation founder Sadhguru speaking on leadership, ambition and vision.

Spiritual leader Sadhguru illustrated by Liza Donnelly, staff cartoonist at the New Yorker.

Live sketch of finance minister Arun Jaitley. (Liza Donnelly)

Liza Donnelly’s sketch of NDTV’s consulting editor Vikram Chandra.

Vikram Chandra in conversation with finance minister Arun Jaitley.

With deft strokes, Donnelly brought to life the speakers, as they addressed the gathering. At the end of the session, all the speakers were presented with their framed caricatures.

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