Rachita Taneja's (left) comic strip Sanitary Panels , which will hit its 12th year this June, had its roots in social media work that Taneja had been doing for non-profit groups. Cartoons have long been a part of Indian public expression – tackling every topic under the sun. Older readers may be familiar with classics such as R K Laxman’s Common Man. As artistic traditions go, they have not stayed in the past in Bengaluru. One of the most prominent cartoonists of this generation is Rachita Taneja, better known as the cartoonist behind the well-known comic strip Sanitary Panels. A native of Bengaluru who returned to the city after completing her education in communications, Taneja, with an activist bent, did not shy away from work – from working for Greenpeace to co-founding the Internet Freedom Foundation. The comic strip, which will hit its 12th year this June, had its roots in social media work that Taneja had been doing for non-profit groups.…