Jay Janani (Hail mother) by Aryan, c. 1950, 24 x 34.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [# 145]

NOORUVARAHALU, PRICE 6 NP., SAFETY MATCHES, SRI KRISHNA MATCH WORKS, BHEEMUNIPATNAM, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.206.002]

C.A.MOHAMMAD, CALCUTTA, K. HARIMA, MADE IN JAPAN, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.047.003]

Fig. 13: Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra and Ajit in the action film Ram Balram (dir. Vijay Anand, 1980). From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 20: India’s People and their Costumes. The Santals of Dravidian origin, who originally settled in the eastern part of Bihar are a cheerful people. Most of them work as labourers in factories and in the mines and quarries….” An advertisement from the Tata Textiles, c.1940.

Fig. 34: In Andaz (dir. Mehboob, 1949) Nargis enacts the role of the ‘new-woman’ – and yet, the ‘couple’ is never fully formed.

Fig. 26: ‘I like it!’ Durjoy, by Tauhidul Ikbal Sampad, Dhaka: Dhaka Comics, 2019, Vol. 12, p. 5.

Fig. 09: Young Prabhakaran examines his weapon. Labelled ‘Our Leader’ on Twitter feed of Eelam Archives.
https://twitter.com/EelamArchives/status/1093001894337933313/photo/1

 (PUSARAM SHARMA BEEDI), (SOLAPUR), (LOOK FOR THIS PHOTO),(COPY RIGHT) , P.S.M. & CO. SHOLAPUR, W.M.P. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.013.001]

H.H.THE MAHARAJA OF ALWAR, 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. [19.123.011]

REX. ANAMATHI MATCH WORKS SATTUR. 50'S 15 PS. CERTIFIED BY KHADI & V.I. COMMISSION. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.336.001]