High and Dry in Hyderabad

Cartoon co-created with Gemini. See more of my AI co-creations.

Inspired by a real remark from a self-satisfied fellow, proudly boasting about the abundant groundwater at his place while others scrambled for water tankers in the sweltering summer heat.

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