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Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman [1] (24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015) was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. [2] He was best known for his creation The Common Man and for his daily cartoon strip, You Said It in The Times of India, which started in 1951. [3]
May 6, 2024 · R.K. Laxman (born October 24, 1921, Mysore [now Mysuru], India—died January 26, 2015, Pune) was an Indian cartoonist who created the daily comic strip You Said It, which chronicled Indian life and politics through the eyes of the “common man,” a bulbous-nosed bespectacled observer dressed in a dhoti and a distinctive checked coat who ...
R K Laxman, growing up, had unique opportunities. To be surrounded by musicians, writers, dancers, artists. Educationalists, film personalities and even Royal families. They were often visitors to the household that was his.
Oct 23, 2013 · During the 34 years he has worked for The Times of India, cartoonist R.K. Laxman has become something of a media legend, and an early-morning habit for millions of the newspaper's readers. A man whose art has never flagged, Laxman himself has scrupulously avoided the public eye.
Jan 26, 2015 · Legendary Indian cartoonist RK Laxman has died aged 94. For over five decades from 1951, his daily cartoon appeared on the front page of The Times of India, where the cartoonist offered a...
Jan 30, 2015 · R. K. Laxman, a fixture of Indian society whose satirical comic strip featuring a character he called the Common Man appeared daily on the front page of The Times of India for more than five...
Undeniably India’s most famous cartoonist, R.K. Laxman’s talent lay in playing with irony, packing a punch in a deceptively light tone.
Jan 29, 2016 · When R. K. Laxman passed away on January 26 last year, the people of India bade goodbye to the man who reigned over the world of Indian cartooning. Easily recognized by his “common man”...
Jan 27, 2015 · R K Laxman’s unmatched reader bonding stemmed from the way he harnessed the big city he went to as a young man from Mysore in the late 1940s. His early readers were fellow immigrants from every part of India — those who went on to make Mumbai a mini-India.
RK Laxman, who passed away in 2015, has been called one of the earliest social media activists of the country. He started highlighting issues in his own way, without garnering hate, and helped...
