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	\| alt = ''The Common Man''		\| alt = ''The Common Man''
			\| publisher = [[The Times of India]]
			\| debut = You Said It (1951)
			\| creators = [[R. K. Laxman]]
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			\| homeworld = [[India]]
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	'''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 people\|Indian]], through a [[daily comic strip]], ''You Said It'' in ''[[The Times of India]]''. The comic was started in 1951.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Laxman\|first=r.K\|title=The tunnel of time : An autobiography\|year=1998\|publisher=Penguin books\|location=India\|isbn=9780140272482\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5s8YAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>		'''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 people\|Indian]], through a [[daily comic strip]], ''You Said It'' in ''[[The Times of India]]''. The comic was started in 1951.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Laxman\|first=r.K\|title=The tunnel of time : An autobiography\|year=1998\|publisher=Penguin books\|location=India\|isbn=9780140272482\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5s8YAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>

	When Laxman began to draw cartoons ~~he was inspired by Manas~~ 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."<ref>{{cite journal\|author=Khanduri, Ritu Gairola \|year=2012\|title=Picturing India: Nation, Development and the Common Man.\|doi=10.1080/08949468.2012.688416\|journal= Visual Anthropology \|volume=25\|issue=1\|pages=303–323\|s2cid=143569147}}</ref>		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."<ref>{{cite journal\|author=Khanduri, Ritu Gairola \|year=2012\|title=Picturing India: Nation, Development and the Common Man.\|doi=10.1080/08949468.2012.688416\|journal= Visual Anthropology \|volume=25\|issue=1\|pages=303–323\|s2cid=143569147}}</ref>

	==Other depictions==		==Other depictions==

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	===Statues===		===Statues===
	[[File:The Common man by R. K. Laxman.jpg\|thumb\|~~left~~\|"The Common Man" at [[Symbiosis Institute]], [[Pune]]]]		[[File:The Common man by R. K. Laxman.jpg\|thumb\|right\|150px\|"The Common Man" at [[Symbiosis Institute]], [[Pune]]]]
	*An 8.2 feet high<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Common Man\|url=http://symbiosis.ac.in/symbiosis-society/The-Common-Man.php\|publisher=Symbiosis Institute Pune\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219000903/http://symbiosis.ac.in/symbiosis-society/The-Common-Man.php\|archivedate=19 December 2013}}</ref> bronze statue of "The Common Man" has been erected at the [[Symbiosis Institute]], [[Pune]] 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.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Statue of common man unveiled\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011218/nation.htm\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|newspaper=The Tribune\|date=18 December 2001\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018004217/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011218/nation.htm\|archivedate=18 October 2012}}</ref>		*An 8.2 feet high<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Common Man\|url=http://symbiosis.ac.in/symbiosis-society/The-Common-Man.php\|publisher=Symbiosis Institute Pune\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219000903/http://symbiosis.ac.in/symbiosis-society/The-Common-Man.php\|archivedate=19 December 2013}}</ref> bronze statue of "The Common Man" has been erected at the [[Symbiosis Institute]], [[Pune]] 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.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Statue of common man unveiled\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011218/nation.htm\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|newspaper=The Tribune\|date=18 December 2001\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018004217/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011218/nation.htm\|archivedate=18 October 2012}}</ref>
	* 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, [[Worli\|Worli seaface]], [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Common man along sea face\|url=http://mumbaipaused.blogspot.com/2009/10/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan-road.html\|work=Mumbai Paused\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222161305/http://mumbaipaused.blogspot.com/2009/10/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan-road.html\|archivedate=22 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=naik\|first=Yogesh\|title=Common man retires hurt\|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Common-man-retires-hurt/articleshow/16221190.cms\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|newspaper=Mumbai Mirror\|date=15 May 2012\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219004124/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Common-man-retires-hurt/articleshow/16221190.cms\|archivedate=19 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Putting the common man back in place\|url=http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=3&contentid=2012060820120608020221440205477e3\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|newspaper=Ahmedabad Mirror\|date=8 June 2012\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219010448/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=3&contentid=2012060820120608020221440205477e3\|archivedate=19 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Kadam\|first=Vikas\|title=Mirror - A short video on the common man statue\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL30QwhkShg\|publisher=You tube\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612053451/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL30QwhkShg\|archivedate=12 June 2014}}</ref>		* 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, [[Worli\|Worli seaface]], [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Common man along sea face\|url=http://mumbaipaused.blogspot.com/2009/10/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan-road.html\|work=Mumbai Paused\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222161305/http://mumbaipaused.blogspot.com/2009/10/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan-road.html\|archivedate=22 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=naik\|first=Yogesh\|title=Common man retires hurt\|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Common-man-retires-hurt/articleshow/16221190.cms\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|newspaper=Mumbai Mirror\|date=15 May 2012\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219004124/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Common-man-retires-hurt/articleshow/16221190.cms\|archivedate=19 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Putting the common man back in place\|url=http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=3&contentid=2012060820120608020221440205477e3\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|newspaper=Ahmedabad Mirror\|date=8 June 2012\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219010448/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=3&contentid=2012060820120608020221440205477e3\|archivedate=19 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Kadam\|first=Vikas\|title=Mirror - A short video on the common man statue\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL30QwhkShg\|publisher=You tube\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612053451/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL30QwhkShg\|archivedate=12 June 2014}}</ref>

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{{short description|Comic character created by R. K. Laxman}}
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{{about||the 1975 French film|The Common Man (film)|the 2011 film starring Ben Kingsley|A Common Man (film)}}
{{Infobox comics character
| character_name = The Common Man
| image = Gurera's Tribute to Laxman.jpg
| imagesize = 150
| caption = ''The Common Man'' in a tribute to R. K. Laxman by [[Shekhar Gurera]]
| alt = ''The Common Man''
| publisher = [[The Times of India]]
| debut = You Said It (1951)
| creators = [[R. K. Laxman]]
| species = [[Human]]
| homeworld = [[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 people|Indian]], through a [[daily comic strip]], ''You Said It'' in ''[[The Times of India]]''. The comic was started in 1951.<ref>{{cite book|last=Laxman|first=r.K|title=The tunnel of time : An autobiography|year=1998|publisher=Penguin books|location=India|isbn=9780140272482|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5s8YAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>

When Laxman began to draw cartoons he was inspired by Manas 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."<ref>{{cite journal|author=Khanduri, Ritu Gairola |year=2012|title=Picturing India: Nation, Development and the Common Man.|doi=10.1080/08949468.2012.688416|journal= Visual Anthropology |volume=25|issue=1|pages=303–323|s2cid=143569147}}</ref>

==Other depictions==

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*The Common Man featured in a commemorative [[postage stamp]] released by the [[Indian Postal Service]] on the 150th anniversary of the ''[[Times of India]]'' in 1988. It became one of the most recognised feature on ''The Times of India'' the largest-circulation English language daily broadsheet newspaper in the world.
*The Common Man was the mascot for the low budget airline [[Air Deccan]].<ref name="Bhatia 2015">{{cite web | last=Bhatia | first=Ritika | title=R K Laxman bows out but lives in the Common Man | website=Business Standard News | date=2015-01-27 | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/r-k-laxman-bows-out-but-lives-in-the-common-man-115012600792_1.html | accessdate=2016-02-15 | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223231611/http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/r-k-laxman-bows-out-but-lives-in-the-common-man-115012600792_1.html | archivedate=2016-02-23 }}</ref>
*The character was adapted into the Indian television series ''[[Wagle Ki Duniya]]'' on [[DD National]] and ''[[R K Laxman Ki Duniya]]'' 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>
*[[Salman Rushdie]], who grew up in [[Bombay]] on a daily fare of Laxman's pocket cartoons, mentions the Common Man in two of his books—his 1995 novel ''[[The Moor's Last Sigh]]'' and his 2012 autobiography, [[Joseph Anton]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rushdie-and-the-Common-Man/articleshow/46037046.cms Rushdie and the Common Man] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129130327/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rushdie-and-the-Common-Man/articleshow/46037046.cms |date=2015-01-29 }}</ref>

===Statues===
[[File:The Common man by R. K. Laxman.jpg|thumb|left|"The Common Man" at [[Symbiosis Institute]], [[Pune]]]]
*An 8.2 feet high<ref>{{cite web|title=The Common Man|url=http://symbiosis.ac.in/symbiosis-society/The-Common-Man.php|publisher=Symbiosis Institute Pune|accessdate=18 December 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219000903/http://symbiosis.ac.in/symbiosis-society/The-Common-Man.php|archivedate=19 December 2013}}</ref> bronze statue of "The Common Man" has been erected at the [[Symbiosis Institute]], [[Pune]] 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Statue of common man unveiled|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011218/nation.htm|accessdate=18 December 2013|newspaper=The Tribune|date=18 December 2001|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018004217/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011218/nation.htm|archivedate=18 October 2012}}</ref>
* 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, [[Worli|Worli seaface]], [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Common man along sea face|url=http://mumbaipaused.blogspot.com/2009/10/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan-road.html|work=Mumbai Paused|accessdate=18 December 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222161305/http://mumbaipaused.blogspot.com/2009/10/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan-road.html|archivedate=22 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=naik|first=Yogesh|title=Common man retires hurt|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Common-man-retires-hurt/articleshow/16221190.cms|accessdate=18 December 2013|newspaper=Mumbai Mirror|date=15 May 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219004124/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Common-man-retires-hurt/articleshow/16221190.cms|archivedate=19 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Putting the common man back in place|url=http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=3&contentid=2012060820120608020221440205477e3|accessdate=18 December 2013|newspaper=Ahmedabad Mirror|date=8 June 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219010448/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=3&contentid=2012060820120608020221440205477e3|archivedate=19 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kadam|first=Vikas|title=Mirror - A short video on the common man statue|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL30QwhkShg|publisher=You tube|accessdate=18 December 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612053451/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL30QwhkShg|archivedate=12 June 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040629141014/http://www.hindu.com/yw/2004/06/12/stories/2004061200060200.htm Genesis of "The Common Man"] ''[[The Hindu]]''
*[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/09/04/stories/2003090400360200.htm Article with note on other depictions] [[Frontline (magazine)|''Frontline'' magazine]]

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	*The Common Man featured in a commemorative [[postage stamp]] released by the [[Indian Postal Service]] on the 150th anniversary of the ''[[Times of India]]'' in 1988. It became one of the most recognised feature on ''The Times of India'' the largest-circulation English language daily broadsheet newspaper in the world.		*The Common Man featured in a commemorative [[postage stamp]] released by the [[Indian Postal Service]] on the 150th anniversary of the ''[[Times of India]]'' in 1988. It became one of the most recognised feature on ''The Times of India'' the largest-circulation English language daily broadsheet newspaper in the world.
	*The Common Man was the mascot for the low budget airline [[Air Deccan]].<ref name="Bhatia 2015">{{cite ~~web~~ \| last=Bhatia \| first=Ritika \| title=R K Laxman bows out but lives in the Common Man \| ~~website~~=Business Standard ~~News~~ \| date=2015-01-27 \| url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/r-k-laxman-bows-out-but-lives-in-the-common-man-115012600792_1.html \| accessdate=2016-02-15 \| url-status=live \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223231611/http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/r-k-laxman-bows-out-but-lives-in-the-common-man-115012600792_1.html \| archivedate=2016-02-23 }}</ref>		*The Common Man was the mascot for the low budget airline [[Air Deccan]].<ref name="Bhatia 2015">{{cite news \| last=Bhatia \| first=Ritika \| title=R K Laxman bows out but lives in the Common Man \| newspaper=Business Standard India \| date=2015-01-27 \| url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/r-k-laxman-bows-out-but-lives-in-the-common-man-115012600792_1.html \| accessdate=2016-02-15 \| url-status=live \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223231611/http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/r-k-laxman-bows-out-but-lives-in-the-common-man-115012600792_1.html \| archivedate=2016-02-23 }}</ref>
	*The character was adapted into the Indian television series ''[[Wagle Ki Duniya]]'' on [[DD National]] and ''[[R K Laxman Ki Duniya]]'' 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>		*The character was adapted into the Indian television series ''[[Wagle Ki Duniya]]'' on [[DD National]] and ''[[R K Laxman Ki Duniya]]'' 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>
	*[[Salman Rushdie]], who grew up in [[Bombay]] on a daily fare of Laxman's pocket cartoons, mentions the Common Man in two of his books—his 1995 novel ''[[The Moor's Last Sigh]]'' and his 2012 autobiography, [[Joseph Anton]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rushdie-and-the-Common-Man/articleshow/46037046.cms Rushdie and the Common Man] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129130327/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rushdie-and-the-Common-Man/articleshow/46037046.cms \|date=2015-01-29 }}</ref>		*[[Salman Rushdie]], who grew up in [[Bombay]] on a daily fare of Laxman's pocket cartoons, mentions the Common Man in two of his books—his 1995 novel ''[[The Moor's Last Sigh]]'' and his 2012 autobiography, [[Joseph Anton]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rushdie-and-the-Common-Man/articleshow/46037046.cms Rushdie and the Common Man] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129130327/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rushdie-and-the-Common-Man/articleshow/46037046.cms \|date=2015-01-29 }}</ref>
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	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040629141014/http://www.hindu.com/yw/2004/06/12/stories/2004061200060200.htm Genesis of "The Common Man"] ''[[The Hindu]]''		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040629141014/http://www.hindu.com/yw/2004/06/12/stories/2004061200060200.htm Genesis of "The Common Man"] ''[[The Hindu]]''
	*[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/09/04/stories/2003090400360200.htm Article with note on other depictions] [[Frontline (magazine)\|''Frontline'' magazine]]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040405114657/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/09/04/stories/2003090400360200.htm Article with note on other depictions] [[Frontline (magazine)\|''Frontline'' magazine]]

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