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NEW DELHI: The Times of India’s legendary cartoonist R K Laxman is Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud’s favourite journalist because the widely followed caricaturist succeeded in accomplishing the core of a journalist’s mission by holding a mirror up to the powers that be.
Speaking at the 4th Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards , the CJI said, “I was recently asked as to which newsperson I followed with keen interest. My answer did not name a newsperson but a cartoonist, the famed late RK Laxman. Although he was not a journalist, he succeeded in accomplishing the core of the journalist’s mission by holding a mirror up to the powers that be.”
“I am sure most of India will join with me in considering R K Laxman’s cartoons to be incisive and witty commentaries. He was what we call an ‘equal opportunity offender’, everyone stood the risk of being the subject of his cartoons and most took it in good spirit when they were ridiculed,” Justice Chandrachud said, adding, “My favourite anecdote about him was that he thought that the famous UK cartoonist David Low was actually David Cow..”
He also jokingly referred to Anil Kapoor starrer ‘Nayak’ film’s hero as his favourite journalist. The CJI said, “A functional and healthy democracy must encourage the development of journalism as an institution that can ask difficult questions.”
Speaking at the 4th Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards , the CJI said, “I was recently asked as to which newsperson I followed with keen interest. My answer did not name a newsperson but a cartoonist, the famed late RK Laxman. Although he was not a journalist, he succeeded in accomplishing the core of the journalist’s mission by holding a mirror up to the powers that be.”
“I am sure most of India will join with me in considering R K Laxman’s cartoons to be incisive and witty commentaries. He was what we call an ‘equal opportunity offender’, everyone stood the risk of being the subject of his cartoons and most took it in good spirit when they were ridiculed,” Justice Chandrachud said, adding, “My favourite anecdote about him was that he thought that the famous UK cartoonist David Low was actually David Cow..”
He also jokingly referred to Anil Kapoor starrer ‘Nayak’ film’s hero as his favourite journalist. The CJI said, “A functional and healthy democracy must encourage the development of journalism as an institution that can ask difficult questions.”
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