Vir Pratap by L.N.Sharma, c. 1955, P.P.C. Mehra Printers, Bombay, 22.5 x 32.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#144]

NIGHT QUEEN, PRICE RE. 0.06., AMW, ALWAR MATCH WORKS, ETTAIYAPURAM, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.200.007]

SAFETY MATCHES, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.047.001]

Fig. 25: Two women examining cloth in a shop labelled The India Fine Cloth House along an urban street with a clocktower in the backdrop. Artist: A.B. Motilal, Nathdwara, circa 1930-40.

Fig. 18: Now, here’s a man’s Tobacco - A British-looking man displays his pipe. (The Hindu, Madras, 1947).

Fig. 32: Romantic songs, contrarily, sanction both intimacy, and agency of the woman – especially of the star: Suraiya in Diwana (dir. A.R. Kardar, 1952).

Fig. 24: ‘One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six!’ Durjoy, by Tauhidul Ikbal Sampad, Dhaka: Dhaka Comics, 2018, Vol. 1, p. 13.

Fig. 07: LTTE flag—a roaring tiger with crossed guns, in the LTTE colours, yellow and red.
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[Tamil Text] RE 0.04, 40s, SAFETY MATCHES, NAVA INDIA MATCH WORKS, THAILPATTI (VIA) SIVAKASI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.012.006]

H.H.THE MAHARAJA OF DHURBUNGA, MADE IN AUSTRIA, SOLO VIENNA. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.123.009]
 

RED RACE. SAFETY MATCHES. 50'S MATCHES. PRICE 20 PS. TIMCO. SERVICE INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVES. AJANTHA MATCHES, RENGAPPANAICKENPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.331.003]