Happy Birthday to the Common Man, RK Laxman

Here’s wishing the Common Man RK Laxman on his birth anniversary.

RK Laxman’s Common Man cartoon became immensely popular for highlighting everyday issues of the public.

(Photo: Aaqib Raza Khan/The Quint)

(This piece has been reposted from The Quint's archives for RK Laxman’s birth anniversary. This article was originally published on 24 October 2015)

We have all been amazed by RK Laxman’s Common Man cartoon at some point in our lives. With one of the longest-running and most successful cartoon columns in India, Laxman was sharp in his wit and spared no one.

Born Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman, on October 24, 1921, in Mysore, RK Laxman was the youngest of five brothers. One of his brothers is the equally celebrated writer of Malgudi Days, RK Narayan.

Here’s wishing RK Laxman on his birth anniversary.

Happy Birthday RK Laxman! (Photo: Aaqib Raza Khan/The Quint)