Hello Readers,
I love reading! And like most grown-ups I would like to indulge in a fictious novel, political satire, biography, or life mantra books, but sometimes I also like to immerse myself in the exciting, adventurous, and sometimes poignant (sad) world of comics. I first fell in love with cartoons while reading a newspaper with my father. I was probably 9-10-year-old when I noticed the confident yet careless and effortless strokes of ‘The Common Man’ in a comic strip called ‘You Said It’. The common man was always clad in a dhoti and a plaid jacket and was a silent witness to all the drama happening around him, political or otherwise.
This was no ordinary cartoon I fell in love with. It was the brainchild of R.K. Laxman, India’s beloved and most famous cartoonist. He was notorious for drawing the caricatures of his friends, family, teachers on the back of his notebook, walls, floor, and doors. You can imagine how much scolding he would have received from his elders . It was his lifelong dream to study arts in Sir JJ Institute of Applied Arts, but the dean of the institute refused admission to him saying that his drawings lacked talent. He however did not let this rejection get to him. He believed in himself and his ideas. He worked quite hard and illustrated for many newspapers and magazines while studying. He even illustrated for his elder brother’s short stories which were published in ‘The Hindu’. He also illustrated with Bal Thackeray (Yes! the founder of political party ‘Shiv Sena’ was once an illustrator). In 1951 he joined ‘The Times of India’ where his famous ‘You said it’ strip was published for over 50 years. It is said that via the main character of his comic strip, ‘The Common Man’, the common man of India witnesses the making of the democracy that is India.
Are you at all curious about who his elder brother was? His brother was R.K. Narayan – yes, the very author of Malgudi Days. Would you believe that both the brothers have been bestowed upon with Padma Vibhushan (India’s second highest civilian award).
Today is World Cartoonist Day.
A big shout out to our in-house cartoonists.
May your talent and your tribe only grow stronger.
Funny Bunnies: Creator – Aakarsh Agarwal
Cool Comix: Creator – Aditya Nema
Dreams and Doodles: Creator – Gurpreet Kaur
I love reading! And like most grown-ups I would like to indulge in a fictious novel, political satire, biography, or life mantra books, but sometimes I also like to immerse myself in the exciting, adventurous, and sometimes poignant (sad) world of comics. I first fell in love with cartoons while reading a newspaper with my father. I was probably 9-10-year-old when I noticed the confident yet careless and effortless strokes of ‘The Common Man’ in a comic strip called ‘You Said It’. The common man was always clad in a dhoti and a plaid jacket and was a silent witness to all the drama happening around him, political or otherwise.
This was no ordinary cartoon I fell in love with. It was the brainchild of R.K. Laxman, India’s beloved and most famous cartoonist. He was notorious for drawing the caricatures of his friends, family, teachers on the back of his notebook, walls, floor, and doors. You can imagine how much scolding he would have received from his elders . It was his lifelong dream to study arts in Sir JJ Institute of Applied Arts, but the dean of the institute refused admission to him saying that his drawings lacked talent. He however did not let this rejection get to him. He believed in himself and his ideas. He worked quite hard and illustrated for many newspapers and magazines while studying. He even illustrated for his elder brother’s short stories which were published in ‘The Hindu’. He also illustrated with Bal Thackeray (Yes! the founder of political party ‘Shiv Sena’ was once an illustrator). In 1951 he joined ‘The Times of India’ where his famous ‘You said it’ strip was published for over 50 years. It is said that via the main character of his comic strip, ‘The Common Man’, the common man of India witnesses the making of the democracy that is India.
Are you at all curious about who his elder brother was? His brother was R.K. Narayan – yes, the very author of Malgudi Days. Would you believe that both the brothers have been bestowed upon with Padma Vibhushan (India’s second highest civilian award).
Today is World Cartoonist Day.
A big shout out to our in-house cartoonists.
May your talent and your tribe only grow stronger.
Funny Bunnies: Creator – Aakarsh Agarwal
Cool Comix: Creator – Aditya Nema
Dreams and Doodles: Creator – Gurpreet Kaur
Bob Mania: Creator – Ayush Moitra
Enjoy the edition!
Priyanka
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