A Tribute to the great cartoonist R. K. Laxman

By : Shirish Avrani

To Have Sense of HumorHaving a sense of humor is one of the greatest assets a person

can have. Not only will you be prone to spontaneous laughter

and mirth, it will help lower your stress levels, interact more

easily with others, and even diffuse difficult situations. Humor

helps you to convey a message in an effective manner. Often,

you do not even require words to put your point across, a

simple graphic or illustration can bring a smile to your face.

Caricatures and cartoons are simple yet subtle mediums of

creative expression.

• Caricatures highlight funny and humorous around us in anexaggerated manner.

• This is art of high degree and purity.

• A caricature can exist in various forms like sketch,sculpture, or a painting.

• Most vivid kind of emotions are highlighted throughcaricatures in a fun way. Whether it is anger or greed oreven vanity, each trait takes its own character orpersonality.

• Even the most complex issues of life are lightened bythe comic, funny yet sensitive presentations ofcaricatures.

Some awesome caricature and cartoons sample forinspiration are presented here.

Caricaturesby Shirish Avrani

CARTOOOONS

Sense of humor

Power of Drawing

Knowledge.

Description

POLLUTION

DENTESTRY

Influence of terrorism on Dentistry

Its an Imported latest “Dental Chair” which rotates all 360 degrees for easy working of upper dental treatments.

Dental Treatment

Before…………………….and ………………………After

Development Plan ProcessPrevailing Practice

Boss : In view of the felt needs, prepare a development plan forUtopia metropolis

Member 1. Oh ! Development plans ! You mean the same sort ofcolouring business we have been doing for the past two decades ?

Boss : We have to buy the colours to demarcate the zonesMember 2. Why can’t we buy the colours from Rajasthan ?

These colours are widely used during Holi.Member 1. Oh! Holi ? That means we have got long holidays.

After three months : The office order reads as follows :In the wake of the deficit budgeting at the state level, the recent G.R. says that no extravagant expenditure on unproductive investment would be appreciated and hence your submission for the colours is turned down herewith.Boss calls an urgent meeting: Minutes of the meetingThe chairman concluded the session with a request to the members to take a note of the constrains and further emphasized to go ahead with the Development Plan preparation with the available colours. In case the appropriate colours are not available, the land-use will have to be modified with the available colours.

Key Message

Humor appears to be an

important part of human

survival.

People with a well-developed

sense of humor appear to be

happier and healthier as well.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

Mahatma Gandhi

As A Way To be Detached

A way to be detached e.g through laughing orlooking at the transient nature of our presentlife/living. As one of the respondents said,“Laughing makes me not worrying; and I feeldetached from all the problems when I laugh”and another one said, “I feel the sense ofdetachment when I watch the painting or thestatue of the Laughing Buddha because he isso pleasant to look at.”

The Message of Laughing Buddha ( A Caricature)

Laughing Buddha as one of the sources ofinspiration. And indeed, the Laughing Buddhacan be a good source of motivation; it is putin homes for Buddhists or often found inChinese homes and offices as symbols ofabundance and prosperity and sometimeseven as a god of contentment and happiness.

Laughing Buddha is the symbol of health, wealth and happiness

Family photo in the company of “Common Man”