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K. Laxman by <a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Gurera" title="Shekhar Gurera">Shekhar Gurera</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Publication information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comics_publishing_companies" title="List of comics publishing companies">Publisher</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/First_appearance" title="First appearance">First appearance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>You Said It</i> (1951)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/R._K._Laxman" title="R. K. Laxman">R. K. Laxman</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">In-story information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Species</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">Human</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Place of origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The Common Man</b> is a cartoon character created by Indian author and cartoonist <a href="/wiki/R._K._Laxman" title="R. K. Laxman">R. K. Laxman</a>. For over a half of a century, the Common Man has represented the hopes, aspirations, troubles and perhaps even foibles of the average <a href="/wiki/Indian_people" title="Indian people">Indian</a>, through a <a href="/wiki/Daily_comic_strip" title="Daily comic strip">daily comic strip</a>, <i>You Said It</i> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a></i>. The comic was started in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Laxman began to draw cartoons in <i>The Times of India</i>, 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."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_depictions">Other depictions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Common_Man&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Other depictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:184px;max-width:184px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:134px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Times_of_India_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/The_Times_of_India_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg/182px-The_Times_of_India_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/The_Times_of_India_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg/273px-The_Times_of_India_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/The_Times_of_India_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg/364px-The_Times_of_India_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1158" data-file-height="856" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:104px;max-width:104px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:134px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Times_of_India_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/The_Times_of_India_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg/102px-The_Times_of_India_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/The_Times_of_India_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg/153px-The_Times_of_India_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/The_Times_of_India_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg/204px-The_Times_of_India_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="705" data-file-height="933" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><i>The Common Man</i> featured in 1988 and 2013 commemorative stamps</div></div></div></div> <ul><li>The Common Man featured in a commemorative <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamp</a> released by the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Postal_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Postal Service">Indian Postal Service</a> on the 150th anniversary of the <i><a href="/wiki/Times_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Times of India">Times of India</a></i> in 1988. It became one of the most recognised feature on <i>The Times of India</i> the largest-circulation English language daily broadsheet newspaper in the world.</li> <li>On 24 October 2015, Google featured the Common Man on a <a href="/wiki/Google_Doodle" title="Google Doodle">Google Doodle</a> to honour R. K. Laxman on the occasion of his 94th birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Common Man was the mascot for the low budget airline <a href="/wiki/Air_Deccan" title="Air Deccan">Air Deccan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bhatia_2015_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bhatia_2015-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The character was adapted into the Indian television series <i><a href="/wiki/Wagle_Ki_Duniya" title="Wagle Ki Duniya">Wagle Ki Duniya</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/DD_National" title="DD National">DD National</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/R_K_Laxman_Ki_Duniya" class="mw-redirect" title="R K Laxman Ki Duniya">R K Laxman Ki Duniya</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/SAB_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="SAB TV">SAB TV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Celebs_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Celebs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salman_Rushdie" title="Salman Rushdie">Salman Rushdie</a>, who grew up in <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a> on a daily fare of Laxman's pocket cartoons, mentions the Common Man in two of his books—his 1995 novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Moor%27s_Last_Sigh" title="The Moor's Last Sigh">The Moor's Last Sigh</a></i> and his 2012 autobiography, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Anton" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Anton">Joseph Anton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statues">Statues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Common_Man&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Statues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Common_man_by_R._K._Laxman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/The_Common_man_by_R._K._Laxman.jpg/150px-The_Common_man_by_R._K._Laxman.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/The_Common_man_by_R._K._Laxman.jpg/225px-The_Common_man_by_R._K._Laxman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/The_Common_man_by_R._K._Laxman.jpg/300px-The_Common_man_by_R._K._Laxman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1360" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>"The Common Man" at <a href="/wiki/Symbiosis_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Symbiosis Institute">Symbiosis Institute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>An 8.2 feet high<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bronze statue of "The Common Man" has been erected at the <a href="/wiki/Symbiosis_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Symbiosis Institute">Symbiosis Institute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a> in front of its Vishwabhavan building. The Common Man has a wisp of white hair that is perpetually standing, leaving him with a bewildered look.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A statue of The Common Man, created by the sculptor Suresh Sakpal, was installed in 2007 along the sea face on Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan road, <a href="/wiki/Worli" title="Worli">Worli seaface</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A statue of The Common Man is erected at the entrance of <a href="/wiki/R._K._Laxman_Museum" title="R. K. Laxman Museum">R. K. Laxman Museum</a> at <a href="/wiki/Balewadi" title="Balewadi">Balewadi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Common_Man&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLaxman1998" class="citation book cs1">Laxman, r.K (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5s8YAAAAYAAJ"><i>The tunnel of time : An autobiography</i></a>. 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