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{{Infobox person
| name = R.K. Laxman
| image = R.K._Laxman_2005.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|10|24}}
| birth_place = [[Mysore]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Karnataka]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|01|26|1921|10|24}}
| death_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| occupation = [[Cartoonist]], [[illustrator]]
| years_active =
| known_for = [[The Common Man|Common Man]]
| notable_works =
| relatives = [[R. K. Narayan]] (Brother)
| spouse = [[Kumari Kamala]]
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />[[Padma Vibhushan]]<br />[[Ramon Magsaysay Award]]
| website = http://rklaxman.com/
| signature = Sign_of_RKLaxman.jpg
}}

'''Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman'''<ref name="Rao2006">{{cite book|author=Ranga Rao|title=R.K. Narayan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lgs4ebrb6XAC&pg=PA11|access-date=11 March 2012|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1971-7|pages=11}} ''Pg. 11 in the source says that Laxman & his brother Narayan were Tamil Iyer Brahmins.''</ref> (24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015), commonly known as '''R. K. Laxman''', was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1515/15150780.htm Laxman's-eye view] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010051403/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1515/15150780.htm |date=10 October 2007 }} Frontline Magazine – 18–31 July 1998</ref> He is best known for his creation ''[[The Common Man]]'' and for his daily cartoon strip, ''You Said It'' in ''[[The Times of India]]'', which started in 1951.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30988508 | title=Times of India cartoonist RK Laxman dies after illness | publisher=[[BBC]] | date=26 January 2015 | access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref>

R. K. Laxman started his career as a part-time cartoonist, working mostly for local newspapers and magazines. While as a college student, he illustrated his older brother [[R. K. Narayan]]'s stories in ''[[The Hindu]]''.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-rk-laxman-2053689 10 things you need to know about RK Laxman]</ref> His first full-time job was as a political cartoonist for ''[[The Free Press Journal]]'' in Mumbai. Later, he joined ''The Times of India'', and became famous for ''The Common Man'' character, which turned out to be the turning point in Laxman's life.

==Birth and childhood==
R. K. Laxman was born in [[Mysore]] in 1921 in a Tamil{{cn|date=October 2020}} Hindu family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/art/article2568188.ece|title=The Common Man is still at work |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> His father was a headmaster and Laxman was the youngest of eight children: six sons and two daughters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sangam.org/tribute-rasipuram-krishnaswamy-r-k-laxman/ |title=Tribute to Rasipuram Krishnaswamy (R.K.) Laxman |last=Kantha |first=Sachi Sri |author-link=Sachi Sri Kantha |date=2 February 2015 |publisher=[[Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America#Organization|Ilankai Tamil Sangam]] |access-date=26 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Laxman|1998|p=4}}</ref> His elder brother is novelist [R.K.Narayan]. Laxman was known as "Pied Piper of Delhi".<ref>{{cite news|title=RK Laxman passes away|url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/news/india/rk-laxman-passes-away/articleshow/46025700.cms|access-date=27 January 2015|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

Laxman was engrossed by the illustrations in magazines such as ''[[The Strand Magazine|The Strand]]'', ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'', ''Bystander'', ''Wide World'' and ''[[Tit-Bits]]'', before he had even begun to read.<ref>{{Harvnb|Laxman|1998|p=8}}</ref> Soon he was drawing on his own, on the floors, walls and doors of his house and [[Doodle|doodling]] [[caricature]]s of his teachers at school; praised by a teacher for his drawing of a [[peepal]] leaf, he began to think of himself as an artist in the making.<ref>{{Harvnb|Laxman|1998|pp=11–15}}</ref> Another early influence on Laxman was the work of the world-renowned British cartoonist, [[David Low (cartoonist)|Sir David Low]] (whose signature he misread as "cow" for a long time) that appeared now and then in ''[[The Hindu]]''.<ref>{{Harvnb|Laxman|1998|p=25}}</ref> Laxman notes in his autobiography, ''The Tunnel of Time'':
{{quote|I drew objects that caught my eye outside the window of my room – the dry twigs, leaves and lizard-like creatures crawling about, the servant chopping firewood and, of course, and number of crows in various postures on the rooftops of the buildings opposite| R. K. Laxman<ref>{{Harvnb|Laxman|1998|p=24}}</ref>}}
Laxman was the captain of his local "Rough and Tough and Jolly" [[cricket]] team and his antics inspired the stories "Dodu the Money Maker" and "The Regal Cricket Club" written by his brother, Narayan.<ref>{{Harvnb|Laxman|1998|pp=23–24}}</ref> Laxman's idyllic childhood was shaken for a while when his father suffered a paralytic stroke and died around a year later, but the elders at home bore most of the increased responsibility, while Laxman continued with his schooling.<ref>{{Harvnb|Laxman|1998|pp=29–32}}</ref>

After high school Maharaja's Govt. High School, Mysore, Laxman applied to the [[Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art]] hoping to concentrate on his lifelong interests of drawing and painting, but the dean of the school wrote to him that his drawings lacked "the kind of talent to qualify for enrolment in our institution as a student", and refused admission.<ref>{{Harvnb|Laxman|1998|pp=57–60}}</ref> He finally graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the [[University of Mysore]]. In the meantime he continued his freelance artistic activities and contributed cartoons to ''[[Swarajya (magazine)|Swarajya]]'' and an animated film based on the mythological character [[Narada]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Laxman|1998|pp=66–72}}</ref>

==Career==
===Beginning===
R.K Laxman's earliest work was for newspapers Rohan and magazines including ''[[Swarajya (magazine)|Swarajya]]'' and ''[[Blitz (newspaper)|Blitz]]''. While still at the [[Maharaja College of Mysore]], he began to illustrate his elder brother R. K. Narayan's stories in ''[[The Hindu]]'', and he drew [[political cartoons]] for the local newspapers and for the ''Swatantra''. Laxman also drew cartoons for the [[Kannada]] humour magazine, ''Koravanji'' which was founded in 1942 by Dr M. Shivaram who had a clinic in the Majestic area of Bangalore. He started this monthly magazine, dedicating it to humorous and satirical articles and cartoons. Shivaram himself was an eminent humourist in Kannada. He encouraged Laxman.

Laxman held a summer job at the [[Gemini Studios]], Madras. His first full-time job was as a political cartoonist for ''[[The Free Press Journal]]'' in [[Mumbai]], where [[Bal Thackeray]] was his cartoonist colleague. In 1951, Laxman joined ''[[The Times of India]]'', Mumbai, beginning a career that spanned over fifty years.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/biography/R-K-Laxman Encyclopædia Britannica]</ref> His "Common Man" character, featured in his pocket cartoons, is portrayed as a witness to the making of democracy.<ref>Ritu Gairola Khanduri. 2014. [http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/authors/246935 Caricaturing Culture in India: Cartoons and History of the Modern World]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.</ref> Anthropologist Ritu G. Khanduri notes, "R. K. Laxman structures his cartoon-news through a plot about corruption and a set of characters. This news is visualized and circulates through the recurring figures of the mantri (minister), the Common Man and the trope of modernity symbolized by the airplane (2012: 304)."<ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.1080/08949468.2012.688416|title = Picturing India: Nation, Development and the Common Man| journal=Visual Anthropology| volume=25| issue=4| pages=303–323|year = 2012|last1 = Khanduri|first1 = Ritu Gairola|s2cid = 143569147}}</ref>

===Other creations===
Laxman also created a popular mascot for the [[Asian Paints Ltd]] group called "Gattu" in 1954.<ref name=bus2000>{{cite news |title=Colour the world |url=http://hindu.com/businessline/2000/04/13/stories/111302c1.htm |publisher=[[Business Line]] |date=13 April 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231093908/http://hindu.com/businessline/2000/04/13/stories/111302c1.htm |archive-date=31 December 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Who is the creator of 'Gattu'? |url= http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jul/11quiz.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=11 July 2008 }}</ref> He also wrote a few novels, the first one of which was titled ''The Hotel Riviera''.<ref name=TH /> His cartoons have appeared in [[Hindi]] films such as ''[[Mr. & Mrs. '55]]'' and a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Kamaraj (film)|Kamaraj]]''. His creations also include the sketches drawn for the television adaptation of ''[[Malgudi Days (TV series)|Malgudi Days]]''<ref name=Celebs /> which was written by his elder brother [[R. K. Narayan]], directed by [[Shankar Nag]], and a Konkan coast based Hindi sitcom, [[Wagle Ki Duniya]]. Laxman also drew caricatures of David Low, [[T.S. Eliot]], [[Bertrand Russell]], [[J.B. Priestly]] and [[Graham Greene]].<ref name=TH />

==Personal life==
[[File:Gurera's Tribute to Laxman.jpg|thumb|left|A tribute to the late R. K. Laxman by cartoonist [[Shekhar Gurera]]]]
Laxman was first married to [[Kumari Kamala]], a [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer and film actress who began her film career as a child actress named "Baby Kamala" and graduated into adult roles under the name "Kumari Kamala" ("Miss Kamala"). They had no children and after their divorce Laxman married his niece whose first name was again Kamala. This was the author and children's book writer [[Kamala Laxman]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/columns/columnists/shobhaa-de/an-uncommon-marriage-r-k-laxman-and-kamala/articleshow/46070253.cms|title=An 'Uncommon' Marriage: R K Laxman and Kamala|work=Pune Mirror|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref> In a cartoon series named "The star I never met" in film magazine ''[[Filmfare]]'' he painted a cartoon of Kamala Laxman, with the title "The star I only met!" The couple had a son Srinivas, who worked for a while with ''The Times of India'' too.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/r-k-laxman-the-uncommon-man/article6824003.ece The uncommon man: R.K. Laxman (1921-2015)]</ref>

In September 2003, Laxman suffered a stroke that left him paralysed on his left side. He recovered from it partially.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} On the evening of 20 June 2010, Laxman was admitted to [[Breach Candy Hospital]] in Mumbai after being transported by an [[air ambulance]] from [[Pune]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-21/india/28295150_1_r-k-laxman-air-ambulance-strokes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811074414/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-21/india/28295150_1_r-k-laxman-air-ambulance-strokes|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=R K Laxman hospitalized after 3 strokes, stable|date=21 June 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=21 June 2010}}</ref>

==Death==
Laxman died in [[Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital]] in Pune on [[Republic Day (India)|India's Republic Day]] in 2015 at the age of 93. He was hospitalised three days earlier for [[urinary tract infection]] and chest problems that ultimately led to multiple organ failure.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/R-K-Laxman-regains-partial-consciousness/articleshow/45996985.cms | work = [[The Times of India]]| date= 23 January 2015 | access-date = 27 January 2015 | title = R K Laxman regains partial consciousness}}</ref> He had reportedly suffered multiple strokes since 2010.<ref name="TH" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/r-k-laxman-dies-he-was-94/1/415453.html|title=Iconic cartoonist R K Laxman passes away in Pune after a prolonged illness at the age of 94|work=[[India Today]]|date=26 January 2015|access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Eminent cartoonist RK Laxman dies at 94">{{cite news|title=Eminent cartoonist RK Laxman dies at 94|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Eminent-cartoonist-RK-Laxman-dies-at-94/articleshow/46021781.cms|access-date=26 January 2015|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

A cartoon that Laxman had made following the successful landing of [[Mangalyaan]] on [[Mars]] was posted by the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] on its [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]] pages on 27 January.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Press Trust of India|title=ISRO pays tribute to R.K. Laxman with 'Common Man on Mars' cartoon|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/isro-pays-tribute-to-rk-laxman-with-common-man-on-mars-cartoon/article6826265.ece|access-date=27 January 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|publisher=[[The Hindu Group]]|date=27 January 2015|location=Bengaluru|author1-link=Press Trust of India}}</ref> [[Maharashtra]] Chief Minister [[Devendra Fadnavis]] announced that Laxman would be accorded a [[state funeral]] and a memorial would be built in his honour. Laxman's body was kept at the [[Symbiosis International University|Symbiosis Institute]]'s Pune premises near the "Common Man" statue and his body was cremated at the Vaikunth crematorium.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Banerjee|first1=Shoumojit|title=Fadnavis announces memorial for R.K. Laxman|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/fadnavis-announces-memorial-for-rk-laxman/article6826272.ece|access-date=27 January 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|publisher=[[The Hindu Group]]|date=27 January 2015|location=Pune}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
[[File:The well-known political cartoonist for the ‘Times of India’ Shri R.K. Laxman receives the Padma Vibhushan award from the President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on March 28, 2005.jpg|thumb|The well-known political cartoonist for the ‘Times of India’ Shri R.K. Laxman receives the Padma Vibhushan award from the President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on March 28, 2005]]
*[[Padma Bhushan]] – Govt. of India – 1973<ref name="TH" />
*[[Padma Vibhushan]] – Govt. of India – 2005<ref>{{cite news|title='Common Man' cartoonist RK Laxman dead at 93|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/india-cartoonist-laxman-idINKBN0KZ1T520150126|access-date=27 January 2015|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=26 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts – 1984<ref name="TH">{{cite news|last1=Menon|first1=Meena|title=The uncommon man: R.K. Laxman (1921-2015)|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/r-k-laxman-the-uncommon-man/article6824003.ece|access-date=27 January 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|publisher=[[The Hindu Group]]|date=26 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[Rajyotsava Prashasti|Karnataka Rajyotsava Award]] – [[Government of Karnataka]] – 1983
*Lifetime Achievement Award for Journalism – CNN IBN TV18 – 29 January 2008<ref name="DNA">{{cite news|last1=Zunke|first1=Pratiksha|title=Renowned cartoonist RK Laxman to be awarded Bharat Bhushan|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-renowned-cartoonist-rk-laxman-to-be-awarded-bharat-bhushan-1885473|access-date=27 January 2015|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation|date=7 September 2013|location=Pune}}</ref>
*Pune Pandit Award (Scholar of Pune Award) by the Art & Music Foundation for excellence in 'Creative Communication' – 2012<ref name="DNA" />
*Honorary Doctorate from the [[University of Mysore]] – 2004<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vakil|first1=Dina|title=RK Laxman, who immortalised the common man, was devoted to excellence|url=http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-commentary/rk-laxman-who-immortalised-the-common-man-was-devoted-to-excellence/|access-date=27 January 2015|work=[[The Economic Times]]|publisher=[[The Times Group]]|date=27 January 2015}}</ref>

There is a chair named after R. K. Laxman at [[Symbiosis International University]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-19/india/29676656_1_r-k-laxman-eminent-cartoonist-kamala-laxman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105172336/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-19/india/29676656_1_r-k-laxman-eminent-cartoonist-kamala-laxman |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 November 2012 |title=RK Laxman Chair started at Symbiosis University|author=Times News Network|work=[[The Times of India]] |date=19 June 2011}}</ref>

=== Exhibitions by IIC ===
Exhibitions of Laxman's cartoons organised by [[Indian Institute of Cartoonists]] at [[Bangalore#Indian Cartoon Gallery|Indian Cartoon Gallery]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Exhibition !! Inaugurated by
|-
| 6th Feb 2009 || R. K. Laxman || Jayaramaraje Urs
|-
| 8th Feb 2012 || R. K. Laxman's Unpublished Doodles || [[Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah|M N Venkatachaliah]], [[Girish Karnad]]
|-
| 17th Aug 2013 || ''Famous Fifteen'' || Tadao Kagaya ''(Japanese Cartoonist)''
|-
| 21st Oct 2013 || Best of Laxman || ...
|-
| 27th Oct 2014 || Faces : Laxman's Caricatures || ...
|-
| 23rd Jan.2016 || START-UP R. K. Laxman from ''Koravanji'' || Usha Srinivas Laxman, M.Shivakumar, Beluru Ramamurthy
|-
| 15th Oct 2016 || Unpublished R.K.Laxman <ref>[https://whatshappbangalore.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/unpublished-r-k-laxman-an-exhibition-of-doodles/ Unpublished R.K.Laxman] Whatshapp Bangalore : October 13, 2016</ref> || ...
|-
| 14th Oct 2020 || hadhi Exhibition on his 100th Birth Anniversary || ...
|}

==Popular Culture==
* Actor Asif Ali Beg portrayed R.K.Laxman in ''[[Scam 1992]]'', a [[Sony LIV]]'s original web series based on [[1992 Indian stock market scam]] of [[Harshad Mehta]], where he was shown to be interacting with journalist [[Sucheta Dalal]] while working for the [[The Times of India|Times of India]], Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet the Raging Bull |url=https://thedailyeye.info/post.php?id=1d8f488936075722&title=Meet-the-Raging-Bul |access-date=11 April 2021 |work=Free Press Journal |date=12 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

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* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=The Eloquent Brush|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dYBQgAACAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Times of India for Benett Coleman & Company}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=50 Years of Independence Through the Eyes of R.K. Laxman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOnVAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=[[The Times Group]]}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=The Best of Laxman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfPVAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=9780140148152}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=The Hotel Riviera|url=https://archive.org/details/hotelriviera00laxm|url-access=registration|date=February 1989|publisher=Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated|isbn=978-0-14-010796-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=The messenger|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XtFlAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1993|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9780140236736}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R K|title=Servants Of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A_lVyDM7hZYC&pg=PT4|date=4 April 2002|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-108-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=The tunnel of time: an autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5s8YAAAAYAAJ|date=1 June 1998|publisher=Viking|isbn=9780670879564}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=Rasipuram Krishnaswamy|title=Brushing Up the Years: A Cartoonist's History of India, 1947 to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vn-VLAAACAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-310366-0}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R K|title=Laugh With Laxman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AV8VkC5uhpsC&pg=PT4|date=14 October 2000|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-016-6}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=Collected Writings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzaTgrAuNbwC|date=1 January 2000|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-100015-2}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R K|title=Distorted Mirror|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4jAVcJKs58C&pg=PP3|date=1 March 2004|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-303133-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R K|title=Dose Of Laughter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWpBAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT4|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-448-5}}
* His autobiography ''Lakshmanrekha'' is published in [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gill|first1=Gurkirat Singh|title=Unknown Facts About RK Laxman|url=http://www.universityexpress.co.in/delhiuniversity/2015/01/unknown-facts-rk-laxman/|access-date=27 January 2015|work=University Express|publisher=[[Delhi University]]|date=27 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204081310/http://www.universityexpress.co.in/delhiuniversity/2015/01/unknown-facts-rk-laxman/|archive-date=4 February 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* ''The Reel World'' [cartoons] published by Marwah Studio.
* {{cite book|last1=Laxman|first1=R. K.|last2=Ketkar|first2=Kumar|author-link2=Kumar Ketkar|title=Faces, Through the Eyes of R.K. Laxman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BPXVAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Bennett Coleman & Company}}
* {{cite book|last1=Laxman|first1=R. K.|last2=Ṭhakare|first2=Baḷa|last3=Kamath|first3=M. V.|author-link3=M. V. Kamath|title=Laughter lines: the cartoon craft of R.K. Laxman & Bal Thackery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXcMAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Business Publications Inc}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=Doodles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qBHWAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=India Book House}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=You said it|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5sS1AAAAIAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Times of India Press}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=Sorry, no room|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwI9AAAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=IBH Pub. Co.}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=Calcutta Images|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_-jVAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Manjushree Foundation}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=Madhya Pradesh, Random Sketches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LEvRAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Madhya Pradesh Madhyam, Directorate of Information & Publicity}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=The Very Best of the Common Man|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrdJlQEACAAJ|year=2012|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-341871-9}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R K|title=Common Man Balances His Budget|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XEc7PQAACAAJ|date=30 March 2003|publisher=Penguin Group Australia|isbn=978-0-14-029928-1}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R K|title=Penguin India Millennium Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7zxUPgAACAAJ|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-670-88841-2}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R K|title=Best of Laxman: Common Man Goes to the Village|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vSkeAgAACAAJ|date=30 March 2003|publisher=Penguin Group|isbn=978-0-14-029931-1}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=Thama and the Little Bird|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jhmtwAACAAJ|year=1970|publisher=India Book House Education Trust}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R K|title=Common Man Takes A Stroll|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=433KAAAACAAJ|publisher=Penguin Group|isbn=978-0-14-029933-5}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=Laxman Resha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3N1VAAAACAAJ|year=2001|isbn=978-81-7434-128-0|oclc=59332853}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=Common Man Tackles Corruption|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6pWAAAACAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Penguin Group|isbn=978-0-14-302804-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=The Financial Expert|year=1952|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=9780345803849|title-link=The Financial Expert}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=Science Smiles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwW-ZwEACAAJ|year=1982|publisher=IBH Publishing Company}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=Laxman Rekhas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UcbaHAAACAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Bennett Coleman & Company|isbn=978-81-89906-47-4}}
* {{cite book|last1=Rangnekar|first1=Sharu|last2=Aras|first2=Kishor|last3=Laxman|first3=R. K.|author4=Pama Rangnekar|title=In the Wonderland of Indian Managers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sG1tHAAACAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Vikas Publ.}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=Idle Hours: Short Stories, Travelogues, Essays, Anecdotes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OT76GwAACAAJ|year=1982|publisher=IBH Publishing Company}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=R. K. Laxman: The Uncommon Man : Collection of Works from 1948 to 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bTdongEACAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Dharmendra Bhandari|isbn=978-81-908606-0-4}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R K|title=Penguin India Yearbook 2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6LwtPwAACAAJ|date=1 November 2000|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-100261-3}}
* {{cite book|last1= Mitra|first1=Debkumar |last2=Laxman|first2=R.K.|title=Penguin India Desk Companion, The - 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lGnZQgAACAAJ|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Penguin Group|isbn=978-0-14-306718-4}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R K|title=Common Man Watches Cricket|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71FJAAAACAAJ|date=30 March 2003|publisher=Penguin Group|isbn=978-0-14-029932-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Laxman|first=R. K.|title=A Vote for Laughter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BEXAgAACAAJ|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-303086-7}}
* {{cite book|last1=Rangnekar|first1=Sharu|last2=Ṭhākara|first2=Dineśa|last3=Laxman|first3=R. K.|title=Prabandhananāṃ mūḷatattvo: In the world of corporate managersno Gujarātī anuvāda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pJengEACAAJ|year=2013|language=gu|publisher=Navasarjana Pablikeśana|isbn=978-93-81443-72-9}}
* {{cite book|last1=Rangnekar|first1=Sharu|last2=Ṭhākura|first2=Dineśa|last3=Laxman|first3=R. K.|author4=Viveka Mehetre|title=Menejamenṭa śī rīte śīkhī śakāya tamārī patnī pāsethī|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ov5aywAACAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Navarsajana Pablikeśana}}

==Multimedia==
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*India Through The Eyes of R. K. Laxman – Then To Now (CD-ROM).<ref>{{cite news|title=India Through the eyes of R. K. Laxman - Then To Now|url=http://india-through-the-eyes-of-r-k-laxman-the.software.informer.com/|access-date=27 January 2015|publisher=Software Informer}}</ref>
*''[[R K Laxman Ki Duniya]]'', a television show on [[SAB TV]].<ref name="Celebs">{{cite news|title=Celebs mourn cartoonist RK Laxman|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Celebs-mourn-cartoonist-RK-Laxman/photostory/46028128.cms|access-date=27 January 2015|work=[[The Times of India]]|publisher=[[The Times Group]]|date=27 January 2015}}</ref>
*''[[Wagle Ki Duniya]]'', a television show on [[DD National]].

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book |last=Laxman |first=R. K.|title= The tunnel of time |year=1998 |publisher= [[Penguin Books]] |location= India }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071010051403/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1515/15150780.htm Laxman's-eye view] Frontline Magazine – 18–31 July 1998

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