PARCEL LORRY, PGNR, PRICE 0.06 nP., RAJAN MATCH WORKS, GUDIYATTAM, N.A., Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.233.003]

Fig. 07: Announcing the three male protagonists, Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan in Sholay (Flames; dir. Ramesh Sippy, 1975). From the National Film Archive collection, Pune.

Fig. 08: Prithvinarayan flips off the Constituent Assembly, by B-Company. Screenshot from Facebook by Dannah Dennis, January 2015.

Fig. 06. India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at the Royal Enfield Bullet 350 launch in Madras, 1955. Sourced from https://abrokebiker.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/a-short-history-of-the-royal-enfield/

Fig. 19: LTTE cadres taking their daily oath at a training camp.
Photograph taken by Shyam Tekwani and reproduced with his permission.

ERASMIC SHAVING STICK, MADE IN INDIA, DELUXE MATCHES ONE ANNA. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.021.001]
 

H.H.THE MAHARAJA OF KAPURTHALA, 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. [19.125.004]

ROYAL BIRD. SAFETY MATCHES. 50'S PRICE 15 PS. CHELLAPANDIAN MATCH WORKS ELLAYIRAMPANNAI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.358.005]

Shantidoot (bringer of peace), c. 1935, HAP (Hindustan Art Press?), 23.5 x 18.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#209]

PANDU, PRICE RE. 0.06., SAFETY MATCHES, JANAKI MATCH WORKS, SATTUR, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.226.002]