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In the 1980s, PM Rajiv Gandhi often talked about taking India to the twenty -first century. This is when RK Lacman made a cartoon which PM Modi spoke in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
PTI file photo when PM Modi released ‘Timeless Laxman’ in Mumbai. It is a book based on the veteran cartoonist, late RK Laxman of life and time.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked former PM Rajiv Gandhi, mentioning a sketch made by the famous Indian cartoonist RK Laxman.
“A PM used to talk about the 21st century … RK Laxman made a cartoon at that time. It had an aircraft, a pilot and passenger. But the aircraft was on a car and was being pushed by ‘The Common Man’ (laborers). At that time it was humor, but soon turned into reality, “PM said in the Lok Sabha.
‘The Common Man’, a figure that connects most Indians with Laxman, was quickly ready in his career when he joined the Times of India. Laxman joined that national daily in 1951 and remained with the organization until his death. His editorial cartoons not only became a comment, but the history of independent India.
In the 1980s, PM Rajiv Gandhi often talked about taking India to the twenty -first century. This is when RK Lacman made a cartoon which PM Modi spoke in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Cartoon by RK Laxman that PM Modi spoke in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. (Credit: The Times of India)
After the death of Laxman in 2015, a report commented on the importance of the ‘Plane on Cart’ cartoon: “… His cartoon with this period (1980s) made it clear that all already all already What was becoming clear for – that technical modernization remained an aristocratic class. The common man needs to be drawn with the runway.
PM Modi further said, “This showed that the then PM was cut off from the ground reality.”
