Maharana Pratap by B.G.Sharma, c. 1965, Sharma Picture Publication, Bombay, 23.5 x 32.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

MD. HAFIZ MD. NASIR CAWNPORE. Colour printed matchbox label on card, vertical, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, mid-late 20^th C, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.150.003]

 (LION OF SINDH BRAND), (INDIGENOUS DAMP PROOF MATCHES), SAFETY MATCHES, DATAR FACTORY PETLAD. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.038.011]

ULTRA PEACOCK. (Also in Hindi translation). SAFETY MATCHES. REGD NO. 302377. 12/07. 10 BOXES EACH RE. 1.00. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.245.003]

PICKUP. SAFETY MATCHES. PRICE: 0.07. THEKKEKARA MATCHWORKS. MAVELIKARA-KERALA.  Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.257.005]
 

Netaji by B.Santraj, c. 1945, H.A.P., 19 x 24 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#439]

APSRA, TMO BCM, PACHAS PAISE, 50 PAISE 1995, 50’s SAFETY MATCHES, CARBORISED, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm each broad side, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [20.037.005]

Fig. 14: Mission, Kanu Bhagdev, novel cover.

The temple is dedicated to Nalla Pochamma. Though the temple does not encroach on to the road, it is situated adjacent to government land in a lane in Tarnaka. This temple is defunct, yet it prominently displays (on the far wall in the photograph) the black foundation stone laid by a Member of Parliament in presence of the local leaders. Digital Photograph, Joe Christopher, Hyderabad, 2009.

Fig. 21: Mallika Sarabhai and Mithun Chakrabarty in still of Basu Chatterjee’s Sheesha (n.d.).

Fig. 09: Rural scene by R. Natarajan, magazine illustration, date not known. Collection: S. Marieswaran.

Fig. 20: Postcard of the Sunehari Mosque, Delhi labeled: Sunehri Masjid or Golden Mosque, Delhi. Built in 1721 A.D. by Roshan-ud-Doula, a Courtier in the reign of Mohammad Shah c. 1900-30. H.A. Mirza and Sons. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 15: Welcome. A single hand with a rose (Artist unknown, Publisher: Jothi)

Fig. 17. Raghav meets Ankita at a nightclub. A screenshot. Raman Raghav 2.0. Dir. Anurag Kashyap, Phantom Films, Reliance Entertainment, DVD, 2016.

Fig. 46: Poster of Vasavadatta. Publisher not mentioned, 1951. From the author’s personal collection.