Legendary Indian cartoonist RK Laxman has died in hospital at the age of 94 following multiple-organ failure. He was being treated for an infection at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in the western city of Pune.
His daily cartoon "You said it" had appeared on the front page of The Times of India for more than 50 years.
Laxman, the brother of the late novelist RK Narayan, was renowned for holding up a mirror to Indian daily life and politics.
His daily cartoon "You said it" had appeared on the front page of The Times of India for more than 50 years.
Laxman, the brother of the late novelist RK Narayan, was renowned for holding up a mirror to Indian daily life and politics.
One of his cartoons imagined Mahatma Gandhi bemoaning the state of the country
He was best known for his iconic "Common Man" character, an eight-foot-tall bronze statue of which was unveiled in Pune in December 2001. BBC
Laxman was being treated for a urinary tract infection and kidney failure, doctors told The Hindu newspaper, and had been put on a ventilator.
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