Vins (cartoonist) in Europe in the 1990s. His cartoons have been made part of the permanent collection at the International Cartoon Museum and the Karikatur & Cartoon Museum, Basel in Switzerland. Vins (cartoonist) Vijay Narain Seth (10 March 1944 – 26 June 2014), pen name Vins, was an Indian cartoonist and illustrator. Vins graduated from the J. J. School of Fine Arts, Mumbai, in 1968. While still a student, he went across to the Times of Indiafrom J.J.school of art all most next door to meet & watch cartoonist Mario Miranda (whom he considered a mentor) at work. He also started freelancing
Samuel (cartoonist) a Dull Moment". After the War he worked in Lahore as a portrait painter. His first stint as cartoonist was in Lahore at the Civil & Military Gazette. Following the Partition of India in 1947, he came to Delhi where he joined Shankar’s Weekly contributing the silent strip cartoon "Kalu and Meena" and other social cartoons. This early strip was about two children of refugees from Lahore. After four years, he left to join the Delhi edition of The Times of India as staff cartoonist, creating the country's first pocket cartoon, 'This is Delhi' in 1953. It even found a