Back then, Sethi and a team of ECI officials would sit together and think of daily objects that the common man could identify with. Many established symbols of political parties—bicycle, elephant, broom—were born of these sessions. Some not so familiar objects too were suggested by this group—a pair of glasses, a nail cutter and even a neck-tie, which was popularly worn by the English-speaking crowd post-Independence. As officials named objects in the meeting, Sethi would sketch them using his kit of HB pencils.
