As a cartoon creates a stir in the state, Usha Laxman, the daughter-in-law of the late R K Laxman — the legendary cartoonist, talks of the medium as a driver of social change, while speaking on a show called, 'Cartoons as a Medium for Social Change' on the Young Online Learning Opportunities (YOLO) platform, with Prem Prakash as host, on Thursday.

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After an introduction by Prakash, Usha said, "R K Laxman's cartoons were a medium for social change. He highlighted issues, without garnering hate. He always said the common man is the fundamental building block of our society." She added, "In fact, Laxman's pocket cartoon was like the Twitter of the past. Just like Twitter gives you a few words for your message, the pocket cartoon left a message, in a powerful, compact form."