26 Jan : World lost the ‘Common man’ creator

Common man has a lot of problems in life. These problems were raised on many platforms but no one understood it better than the famous cartoonist R K Laxman. A tribute to his works and life.

by Neha Tripathi

26 Jan 2023

The man who created the ‘Common man’ or the ‘Aam Aadmi’ died today in 2015. On the death anniversary of the famous Cartoonist R K Laxman, let’s remember his ‘Aam Aadmi’.

I drew objects that caught my eye outside the window of my room – the dry twigs, leaves and lizard-like creatures crawling about, the servant chopping firewood and, of course, and number of crows in various postures on the rooftops of the buildings opposite.
— R. K. Laxman

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman and his common man