For 60 years, R K Laxman has shown us who we are. In those 60 years, he has jealously guarded from us who he is. Only family, friends and colleagues from The Times of India, where he has worked most of his life, can claim to know the man behind the famous signature. He’s known to be wry, caustic and casually arrogant in the way only supremely talented people can be.
The Common Man, is arguably the most well recognised Indian fictional character.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/ioty-r-k-laxman-cried-on-getting-the-award/57696-3.html
Karnataka turns 50 years old this year but 2006 is also the centenary of Karnataka's own Malgudi man - R K Narayan.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/malgudi-days-are-no-longer-quaint/25034-3.html
Students of a Bangalore school have got a special Diwali gift - a meeting with cartoonist R K Laxman.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/blores-tryst-with-the-common-man/24388-3.html
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