ORANGE, 50’s PRICE 15 Ps., SAFETY MATCHES, MARAGADAM MATCH WORKS, GUDIYATTAM, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.214.006]

Swaraj ka Chinha, Vande Matram, Swadeshi Machis (symbol of freedom, hail the mother nation, locally made matches), NAGRAWALLA, BOMBAY 3, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [24.327.009]

Fig. 23: Amitabh Bachchan in Khud-Daar (The Arrogant One, dir. Ravi Tandon, 1982) From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 24: Raja Snow, an Indian soap is endorsed by a woman who looks Indian while the man looks rather European.

Fig. 02: Prithvinarayan Shah as nation-builder. Illustration published with the article titled ‘This is why Prithvinarayan is the nation-builder’, Nepal, 2015.

Fig. 01: ‘Sometimes I wonder why I do all this.’ The doubting hero getting ready for action: Durjoy, by Tauhidul Ikbal Sampad, Dhaka: Dhaka Comics, 2018, Vol. 9, p. 9.

Fig. 13: Smiling Prabhakaran. D.B.S. Jeyaraj, ‘Life and Times of Tiger Supremo Prabhakaran: 60th Birth Anniversary of LTTE Leader on Nov 26’, 1 December 2014.
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 (N 302), (YOGI FARMAS), YOGY, L.J. PATEL & CO BAGBAKRA. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.013.005]

H.H.THE RAJA OF DURBUNGA, 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. [19.124.003]

ROBIN. PRICE RE. 0.0.6. THE SIVAKASI MATCH INDUSTRIES RAJAPALAYAM (S.I.). Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.344.003]

 

Life story of Gandhi, c. 1948, Oriental calendar, Dumdum, calendar sample, 19.5 x 15 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#202]