The Common Man Explained

Character Name:The Common Man
Publisher:The Times of India
Debut:You Said It (1951)
Creators:R. K. Laxman
Species:Human
Homeworld:India

The Common Man is a cartoon character created by Indian author and cartoonist R. K. Laxman. For over a half of a century, the Common Man has represented the hopes, aspirations, troubles and perhaps even foibles of the average Indian, through a daily comic strip, You Said It in The Times of India. The comic was started in 1951.[1]

When Laxman began to draw cartoons in The Times of India, he attempted to represent different states and cultures in India. In the rush to meet deadlines, he began to draw fewer and fewer background characters, until finally he found only one remaining—the now-familiar Common Man. The Common Man generally acts as a silent witness to all the action in the comic. According to anthropologist Ritu Gairola Khanduri, "Clad in a dhoti and a plaid jacket, the puzzled Common Man is no dupe: his sharp observations miss no detail of the political circus."[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Laxman, r.K. The tunnel of time : An autobiography. 1998. Penguin books. India. 9780140272482.
  2. Khanduri, Ritu Gairola . 2012. Picturing India: Nation, Development and the Common Man.. 10.1080/08949468.2012.688416. Visual Anthropology . 25. 1. 303–323. 143569147.
  3. Web site: R. K. Laxman's 94th Birthday . 2022-09-09 . www.google.com . en.
  4. News: Bhatia . Ritika . R K Laxman bows out but lives in the Common Man . Business Standard India . 2015-01-27 . 2016-02-15 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160223231611/http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/r-k-laxman-bows-out-but-lives-in-the-common-man-115012600792_1.html . 2016-02-23 .
  5. News: Celebs mourn cartoonist RK Laxman. 27 January 2015. The Times of India. The Times Group. 27 January 2015.
  6. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rushdie-and-the-Common-Man/articleshow/46037046.cms Rushdie and the Common Man
  7. Web site: The Common Man. Symbiosis Institute Pune. 18 December 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219000903/http://symbiosis.ac.in/symbiosis-society/The-Common-Man.php. 19 December 2013.
  8. News: Statue of common man unveiled. 18 December 2013. The Tribune. 18 December 2001. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018004217/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011218/nation.htm. 18 October 2012.
  9. Web site: Common man along sea face. Mumbai Paused. 18 December 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131222161305/http://mumbaipaused.blogspot.com/2009/10/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan-road.html. 22 December 2013.
  10. News: naik. Yogesh. Common man retires hurt. 18 December 2013. Mumbai Mirror. 15 May 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219004124/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Common-man-retires-hurt/articleshow/16221190.cms. 19 December 2013.
  11. News: Putting the common man back in place. 18 December 2013. Ahmedabad Mirror. 8 June 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219010448/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=3&contentid=2012060820120608020221440205477e3. 19 December 2013.
  12. Web site: Kadam. Vikas. Mirror - A short video on the common man statue. 18 November 2010 . You tube. 18 December 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140612053451/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL30QwhkShg. 12 June 2014.
  13. News: Datta . Rangan . RK Laxman Museum in Pune — a legacy for the next generation . 25 July 2023 . My Kolkata . The Telegraph.

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