The Common Man

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R K Laxman's common man, who never, ever spoke in the cartoon. Common man was a cartoon strip featured as "You said it" in The Times of India. I feel Laxman wanted to convey the reality in a subtle way - common man never speaks but (s)he is the one who gets impacted, be it onion prices or corruption in politics or even the mismanagement of river water - he is always there just listening The Common Man

As a part of an interesting project created by my younger daughter's kindergarten school, we need to treasure hunt a set of 7 pictures that are iconic to Pune which included the Common Man. What I realized while taking the picture is that though I read lot of interesting books on taking good pictures, as in current education system, there is a stark difference is theory and practical application. Maybe, the more I experiment, the better pictures I take and some day will write a book, adding to the agony of photographers.