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Indian Cartoonist

Not to be confused with K. Laxman.

In this Indian name, the name Rasipuram Krishnaswami is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Laxman.

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman^[1] (24 October – 26 January ) 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 ^[3]

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K. Laxman started his career as a part-time cartoonist, working mostly for local newspapers and magazines.

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While as a college student, he illustrated his older brother R. K. Narayan's stories in The Hindu.^[4] His first full-time job was as a political cartoonist for The Free Press Journal in Mumbai. Later, he joined The Times of India, and became famous for The Common Man character, which turned out to be the turning point in Laxman's life.

Birth and childhood

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