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{{Infobox person
| name = Kamala Laxman
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1924 or 1925
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
| death_date = 14 November 2015
| death_place = [[Pune]], Maharashtra, India
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| known_for =
|spouse = [[R. K. Laxman]]
| occupation = author
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'''Kamala Laxman''' was an Indian author of children's books, and the wife of cartoonist [[R. K. Laxman]].<ref name=NDTV>{{ cite news| title=Children's Book Writer and RK Laxman's Wife Kamala Laxman Dies|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/childrens-book-writer-kamala-laxman-dead-1243442|newspaper=[[NDTV]]|date= 14 November 2015 }}</ref> Kamala died in 2015 at the age of 90.<ref name="NDTV"/> She is survived by her son Srinivas, a retired journalist, her daughter-in-law Usha and granddaughter Rimanika.<ref name=NDTV/>

== Early life and career ==
Kamala was born in [[Chennai]] and studied in St Thomas' Convent and later graduated from [[Indraprastha College for Women]], [[Delhi]].<ref name=NDTV/> She also received a degree in Interior Decoration from [[Sir J.J. School of Art]] in Mumbai.<ref name=TOI>{{ cite news| title=Children's book writer Kamala Laxman dead|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/Childrens-book-writer-Kamala-Laxman-dead/articleshow/49789632.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date= 15 November 2015 }}</ref>

Recognising her talent, the India Book House commissioned Kamala to write children's books in the 1970s.<ref name=TOI/> Her notable works include ''[[The Thama Stories]]'', ''Raman of Tenali & Other Stories'' and ''Thama and His Missing Mother''.<ref name=TOI/> Many of her works were illustrated by her husband R. K. Laxman.<ref name=NDTV/> Their stories were serialised and telecasted by the Indian TV station Doordarshan.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|last=Banerjee|first=Shoumojit |title=Children’s books author Kamala Laxman passes away |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/childrens-books-author-kamala-laxman-passes-away/article7878188.ece |accessdate=29 March 2016 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=15 November 2015}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
She was married to cartoonist [[R. K. Laxman]], who also happened to be her maternal uncle, after his divorce to his first wife [[Kumari Kamala]].<ref name="Mumbai Mirror">{{cite news|last=De|first=Shobhaa |title=An ‘uncommon’ marriage: RK Laxman and Kamala | url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/columns/columnists/shobhaa-de/An-uncommon-marriage-RK-Laxman-and-Kamala/articleshow/46071935.cms | publisher=[[Mumbai Mirror]] | date=31 January 2015 | accessdate=29 March 2015}}</ref> Kamala was the life president of ''Mahalakshmi Ladies' Club'' founded by her mother in the year 1965 in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{ cite news| title= Where Knowledge is the only gossip|url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/article/DNPUN32127|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis|DNA]]|date= 10 October 2010 }}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian children's writers]]
[[Category:Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art alumni]]
[[Category:Writers from Pune]]
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[[Category:Indraprastha College for Women alumni]]
[[Category:Indian women children's writers]]
[[Category:Women writers from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]

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