 "RIP 'The Common Man': Twitter remembers cartoonist RK Laxman")
For over half a century, we have been waking up to the Common Man. And the cartoonist, RK Laxman who created the iconic comic strip died on Monday in a Pune hospital. [caption id=“attachment_2065301” align=“alignleft” width=“380” class=" “]  Cartoonist R K Laxman. PTI/File image[/caption] The Common Man represented the hopes, aspirations, troubles and perhaps even foibles of the average Indian, through a daily comic strip, “You Said It” in The Times of India. The comic was started in 1951. Apart from imminent personalities like, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi to journalists like Rajdeep Sardesai, Twitterati came out in full force to pay their tributes to the legendary cartoonist. Here are a few reactions:
the common man passes away ... #RKLaxman thank you for all the smiles, the political education, and the gentle humour ...
— Harini Calamur (@calamur) January 26, 2015
Eminent cartoonist #rklaxman passed away a while ago in Pune. No better way to remember him than sharing his works... pic.twitter.com/b9VRTLoNxo
— Vidya Venkat (@VidyaVenkat153) January 26, 2015
#RKLaxman lived in our neighborhood...walked by his house so many times! Never got to meet him :( #Pune
— Amit Paranjape (@aparanjape) January 26, 2015
Now we've totally lost our sense of humour
— Reshabh mishra (@Reshabhcri) January 26, 2015
RIP #rklaxman
The void he created could hardly be fulfilled. His spirit stays with us through his portrayals of common man. #rklaxman
— Abhijit Pandey (@Sri_OV) January 26, 2015
From one political cartoonist to another, #RKLaxman caricatures the late Balasaheb Thackeray.
— Archie 🇮🇳🚩 (@archu243) January 26, 2015
RK Laxman: 1921 - 2015 pic.twitter.com/UmpqYkNINp
Never crossed d line yet never failed to make the point. RIP #rklaxman
— विक्रमादित्य सिंह ࿗ (@nawab_lucknow) January 26, 2015
Best on Sonia gandhi- No words can express dt pic.twitter.com/ikbbSoT6WD
"@satishacharya: Goodbye Dronacharya! #rklaxman #cartoon pic.twitter.com/aUbtyprAeP"
— Salman (@Salman_naiyara) January 26, 2015
RIP #RKLaxman
— Mendra Dorjey Sahni (@MendraDorjey) January 26, 2015
Since when funny wasn't serious.
The face of #CommonMan is no more... RIP #rklaxman
— Deepak (@imdeps) January 26, 2015
Grew up checking his cartoons daily, real touching and without satirical..
RIP common man #rklaxman
— Vishakha Dugarh (@Vishakha_Dugarh) January 26, 2015
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