Laxman was known as "Pied Piper of Delhi". His elder brother was renowned novelist R.K. His father was a headmaster and Laxman was the youngest of eight children: six sons and two daughters. Laxman was born in Mysore in 1921 in a Tamil Hindu brahmin family. 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. His first full-time job was as a political cartoonist for The Free Press Journal in Mumbai. While as a college student, he illustrated his older brother R. Laxman started his career as a part-time cartoonist, working mostly for local newspapers and magazines.
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. Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman (24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015) was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist.
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