The Young Chronicle: For Grade 3 January 31st, 2015 | Page 2

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To think of it, since there is so much
confusion regarding the Delhi
elections, we will need Iron Man to
govern us, actually. Ha!

RK Laxman, the Creator of the ‘Common
Man’ is No More.
Rambo and Pranks got really curious when they saw the
shocked expressions of their parents, when they heard the
news that RK Laxman was no more. Who was RK Laxman,
Rambo and Pranks wondered? Why were their parents so
upset with his death?
Papa then took out a book of RK Laxman’s cartoons, which
he had bought years earlier. The cartoon had a one of India’s
most profound cartoonists and the newspaper would be
nothing without his ‘Common Man’ cartoons. Rambo and
Pranks sifted through the pages, and came across a number
of cartoons on corruption, politics, government offices and
more.
The Common Man was an onlooker, in most of the cartoons.
Though he just stood and watched, he kept a watch on
everything happening around. He depicted the hopes,
aspirations,
troubles and
perhaps even
follies of the
average Indian,
through a daily
comic strip, "You
Said It" in The
Times of India.
Here are some
of the cartoons: