His caricatures always made a statement. Indira Gandhi was always shown with her nose in the air. Sanjay Gandhi was the "enfant terrible" in the pram wheeled by his mother. When Rajiv Gandhi came to power, Laxman was worried. After all if politicians did everything right, the satirists and cartoonists would be jobless. He said much to his relief very soon that Rajiv Gandhi did not disappoint the cartoonist. And Laxman remained a part of our lives.

My mother hated dogs. Dad and I wanted one. Desperately. So we settled for a compromise and brought Peekoo home. On a trial basis. Once he was home he followed my mother quite like Mary's little lamb. That's how manipulative and scheming Peekoo was. You would never know this. But he was.