Why does something as important as the law feel so unreachable? Founded by The Dhru Sisters – Kanan Dhru and Kelly Dhru, Lawtoons set out to close the gap between dense legal texts and the people they are meant to protect.
The answer became Pugloo — a curious, mischievous ten-year-old — and Judgni, a genie-like judge who lives inside a Constitution book. Together they turn citizenship, democracy, rights and duties into adventures children genuinely enjoy.
Lawtoons begins as a crowdsourced idea — Pugloo & Judgni are born, designed with artists from the National Institute of Design.
2016
Book 1 is launched across India
2018
Sentinels of Democracy is launched
2019
Book 2 is launched
2020 - 2025
A Brief Hiatus
Now
Growing beyond the Indian Constitution to a global platform for legal literacy.
Our Purpose
Closing the justice gap, from the earliest possible age
Globally, 5.1 billion people, two-thirds of the world’s population, lack meaningful access to justice (Task Force on Justice, Justice for All, 2019). Our primary purpose is closing that gap by building legal and civic literacy young, before the distance between people and the law has time to set in.
OUR PRIMARY GOAL
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Three additional goals run alongside it in our work:
SDG 4 Quality Education
Legal & civic literacy content built for how children actually learn
SDG 5 Gender Equality
Stories that dramatize the law’s role in women’s and girls’ rights
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
Multi-lingual content so that legal knowledge isn’t limited by income or geography
Why Lawtoons?
Graphics are one of the oldest forms of story-telling known to human civilization and communicate effectively to people of all ages. The useful information about citizenship, democracy, laws and rights that children learn in their schools through the civics curriculum is often passed off as ‘dull and boring’. Even upon growing up, an individual is likely to be intimidated by the bulky law books full of legal jargons. This unfortunately, results in a society where most people find it difficult to relate to the idea of laws and legal systems, and feel disconnected.
Lawtoons is one of its kind project that uses illustrations to make the laws and legal rights easier to understand as well as fun to learn. Through the medium of comics and storytelling, we create Lawtoons, which children and grown-ups really enjoy reading.