Google pays tribute to legendary cartoonist RK Laxman with doodle

The doodle by google shows RK Laxman making a sketch of his iconic creation - the common man.

Mumbai: Google honoured legendary cartoonist RK Laxman with a doodle on his 94th birthday today.

The doodle shows the cartoonist making a sketch of his iconic creation - ‘common man’. It indeed is an apt tribute to the late artist who has inspired millions across the globe.

A Magsaysay laureate, Laxman's cartoons regaled generations since 1950s.

For decades together, the master of art could be identified from the cartoons that he drew for a leading daily reflecting society the way it was. Through his satirical lens, he showed us chronicles of Indian life and politics in the form of his sketches.

 He breathed his last on January 26, this year in Pune.