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Longest cartoon column: In the print media there are column regarding various subject, like politics, literature, sport, art but there was no column exclusively regarding cartoons, cartooning and cartoonists. Wa Re Wah…! was a column exclusively about cartooning, cartoonist and cartoons. It was written by Vasantha Hosabettu and published in Kannada Prabha, Kannada Daily Newspaper from the New Indian Express Group India. This column appeared without a break between December 1, 2004 and February 11, 2009, on every Wednesday. These columns have also come out into two books, “Wa Re Wah…!” and “Munduvarida Wa Re Wah…! (Collection of 101 columns each) published by Sadana Prakashana-Bangalore.

This column has entered and published in Unique World Records 2013 book as Longest Running Cartoon Column - Vasantha Hosabettu (born on 21st May, 1965) from Karnataka, India has created a record for The Longest Running Cartoon Column appearing every Wednesday on Kannada Prabha Newspaper without a break since 1st December, 2004.www.worldrecordsindia.com / www.worldamazingrecords.com given certificate in 2011. World Records University UK conferred Vasantha Hosabettu the Honorary degree of Doctorate in Record Breaking Honoris Causa for “ Longest Running Cartoon Column in Newspaper” with all the rights, honors and privileges there unto pertaining given on the Twenty Second Day of February Two Thousand and Fourteen at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam