Fig. 12: Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Amjad Khan, Prem Chopra and Ajit in the action film Ram Balram (dir. Vijay Anand, 1980). From Ranjani Mazumdars collection.

Fig. 13: Prithvi Jayanti celebration, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, 2017. Photograph by Avash Bhandari, January 2017.

Fig. 11. Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia in a still from the film, Bobby, 1973, dir. Raj Kapoor. Sourced from http://visionsofcinema.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-uninhibited-passions-of-bobby.html

Fig. 24: LTTE funeral.
Photograph taken by Shyam Tekwani and reproduced with his permission.

FLY WITH ME! Advertisement on colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.031.006]

INDIAN RAJA. TAENDSTIKKER (MATCHSTICKS), NON-POISONOUS, MADE IN SWEDEN. Illustration of an Indian King. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.132.002]
 

RUNNING LION. PRICE 7P. KERALA MATCH FACTORY PONANI. SAFETY MATCHES. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.370.002]

 

Mahatma Gandhi by B.G.Sharma, c. 1935, Sharma Picture Publication, Bombay, Oleograph. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#215]

PLAY MATES, KMW, SAFETY MATCHES, SREE KRISHNA MATCH WORKS, SIVAKASI, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.264.004]

SAVARI (rider), SAFETY MATCHES, 40’S PRICE Re. 1., GOMATHI MATCH WORKS, VARAGUNARAMAPURAM, RAJAPALAYAM., Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.025.003]