RAMAN GREETING CARD PART 1

by Pran Kumar Sharma

Raman an Indian office going cartoon character , Cartoonist Pran created. He has two friends Moga Singh and Khalifa. All three of them together symbolizes the vivid religions of India. In 1981 then Prime Minister, Late Shrimati Indra Gandhi released a comic book on Indian harmony – Raman , United We Stand. Pran always wanted to make people of India laugh. He always thought that Indians are so much busy in their daily life that they forget to smile. Through his humour he would try to make people laugh. The topics he chose were very close to people and he chose Raman to express his ideas.

23 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 27, 2016

About the author

Pran Kumar Sharma (born August 15, 1938), better known as Pran, is one of the most successful Indian cartoonists.

Pran graduated with a Master of Arts (Political Science) degree. He then completed a four-year course in Fine Arts from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai.

Pran began his career in 1960 as a cartoonist for the Delhi-based newspaper Milap with comic strip Daabu. In 1969, he sketched Chacha Chaudhary for the Hindi magazine Lotpot, which made him famous. Pran has also created other cartoon characters like Shrimatiji, Pinki, Billoo, Raman, Channie Chachi and others, which are regularly published in Indian magazines.

Maurice Horn, the editor of World Encyclopedia of comics, has described him as "Walt Disney of India" in World Encyclopedia of comics.

Pran received a Lifetime Achievement Award 2001, from Indian Institute of Cartoonists. He was also included in People of the year 1995 by Limca Book of Records for popularizing comics in India.