For the 1975 film, see The Common Man (film). For the 2011 film, see A Common Man (film). For the song, see Common Man.
Comics character
The Common Man
The Common Man in a tribute to R. K. Laxman by Shekhar Gurera
Publication information
Publisher
The Times of India
First appearance
You Said It (1951)
Created by
R. K. Laxman
In-story information
Species
Human
Place of origin
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]
^Laxman, r.K (1998). The tunnel of time : An autobiography. India: Penguin books. ISBN 9780140272482.
^Khanduri, Ritu Gairola (2012). "Picturing India: Nation, Development and the Common Man". Visual Anthropology. 25 (1): 303–323. doi:10.1080/08949468.2012.688416. S2CID 143569147.
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