Wa Re Wah…!.Longest cartoon column. In the print media there are column regarding various subject, like politics, literature, sport, art extra. But there was no column exclusively regarding cartoons, cartooning and cartoonists. Wa Re Wah…! was a column exclusively column about cartooning, cartoonist and cartoons. It was written by Vasantha Hosabettu It was 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 of 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 as ” Longest Running Cartoon Column- Vasantha Hosabettu(Born on 21 May 1965) of Bangalore, Karnataka wrote a longest running weekly cartoon column called Wa Re Wah…! which was written only about cartooning, cartoonist and cartoon. It was published in Kannada Prabha, Kannada Daily Newspaper from the New Indian Express Group. 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 Limca Book of Records has given National Record Certificate in 2009 as “Wa Re Wah !, a weekly column about cartoon, cartooning and cartoonists by Vasantha Hosabettu of Bengaluru appearing every Wednesday on Kannada daily Kannada Prabha is the longest running such column, running without a break since Dec 1, 2004 “.