The Bespectacled Goat

R K Laxman


About R K Laxman

Rashipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman (1921-2015) was an Indian cartoonist and illustrator. He was 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. 

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  1. 1.

    According to Laxman, what do we remember about a face?

  2. 2.

    What does Laxman mention about Stalin, Jinnah, Hitler and Churchill?

  3. 3.

    What did young Laxman do the Ural Mountain goat in the magazine?

  4. 4.

    Who recognised the 'bespectacled goad'? How did he react?

  5. 5.

    What did young Laxman discover in the bespectacled goat?

  6. 6.

    Write T for True or F for False. Correct the sentences which are false.

    1. Laxman was unable to find the key to the art of caricature.
    2. Laxman believed that faces are the key to one's personality.
    3. Laxman added spectacles to the photograph of a goat in Life magazine.
    4. For example, one recognizes Churchill by his moustache.
    5. The visitor threw a fit because he assumed he was the bespectacled goat.
    6. Laxman had deliberately caricatured the visitor.
    7. Laxman's brother found out what went wrong only when he picked up the magazine that the visitor flung.
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