Fig. 16: Vijayashanti (for 18.03.94, Cinema Jugantar/Angan, n.p.)

Fig. 04: Dravidar Tirunal (Auspicious Dravidians Day). Pongal greeting card, date not known. Collection: S. Marieswaran.

Fig. 15: Postcard of the Taj Mahal sent to someone in Guildford, England c. mid-20th century From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 10: Welcome. Note that the same woman is twinned in another version on the top right. This style of twin apsaras gets applied to real life beauties too (bottom right). (Artist: V.V.Sapar, Publisher: Jothi)

Fig. 12. A poster of Ugly. Source: Glamsham, http://glamsham.com/download/poster/ugly-posters/2138/3.htm

Fig. 41: Opening page of Amar Chitra Katha’s Urvashi (1974).
Artist: Pratap Mullick.

Maharana Pratapsingh, c. 1910, Hemchander Bhargav, Delhi. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

MARTIN, 50's, PRICE: 20 Ps., SAFETY MATCHES, SREE SARAVANA MATCH WORKS PADANTHAL. Colour printed matchbox label on card, vertical, 3.5 cmx 5 cm, mid-late 20^th C, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India., [2.132.004]

SOUL OF INDIA SAFETY MATCHES. (MADE IN HINDUSTAN). Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.038.009]

PEACOCK. SOMCO. PICE RE. 0.03. SATTUR ORIGINAL MATCH CO. SATTUR. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.244.001]

 

PHONE. PRICE 17 PS. 50'S SAFETY MATCHES. REGD. 274553. SRI LAKSHMI MATCH WORKS, MANTHITHOPPU. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.253.004]

 

The Commander-In-Chief of the Azad Hind Fauj - Subhas Chandra Bose by P. Dayal, c. 1945, Sham Sundar Lal, Cawnpore, 16 x 24 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#431]

KODAI VALLAL, PRICE RE. 0-07, SRINIVASA MATCH WORKS, THOMBAKULAM, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [20.028.011]

Fig. 10: Ram as leader of a revolutionary people’s awakening movement. Painted by B., c.1990.