Victor Vashi

Victor Vashi was a Hungarian political cartoonist who "cartooned his way through the years of Nazi and Soviet occupation of his country."

Biography

Little is recorded on the life of Victor Vashi. Most of the information available is from the text on the back of his book Red Primer for Children and Diplomats. He also co-authored a satirical cartoon book called "The Sing Along with Khrushchev Coloring Book," cleverly written from the perspective of Khrushchev's granddaughter writing to her pen pal Caroline Kennedy.

He was imprisoned by the Soviets in the Godollo prison camp. Locked in solitary confinement, Victor was overlooked the day when all able-bodied men were sent to Siberia. Victor managed to escape to Austria in December 1948. He eventually wound up in the United States.

In the 1970s he was the chief cartoonist for the Machinist union newspaper at its headquarters on Connecticut Avenue near Dupont Circle in Washington D.C. He was very kind and doted on the children of headquarters executives who visited, even entertaining and giving drawing tips to young talent. It is rumored that he returned to Hungary at the end of his life, where he lived a short while before he died.

Vashi

Vashi is a node in Navi Mumbai, across the Thane Creek of the Arabian Sea. It is one of the first nodes developed by the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) in Navi Mumbai township.

Infrastructure

Vashi is divided into sectors 1 through 30. Sectors 1 to 8 consist of residential buildings, sectors 9 to 29 have combined residential and commercial, educational institutions, Sector 17 is a prominent residential, commercial as well as shopping area, Sector 30 is home to many malls, information technology parks, 5-star hotels and an exhibition centre and the railway station.

The malls (listed according to their opening times) in Vashi are Center One, City Center, Raghuleela Arcade, Inorbit Mall, Satra Plaza. The APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) market, one of the largest markets in India is in and around Sector 19.

Schools and Colleges

Hospitals

The largest hospitals in Vashi are the Fortis Hiranandani Hospital , NMMC Hospital, Mahatma Gandhi Missions (MGM), Lakshdeep Hospital, etc.

Vashi (disambiguation)

Vashi may refer to:

Places in India

People

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