Fig. 47: Wicked Khilji, gullible Ratnasen. Panels from Amar Chitra Katha’s Padmini (1973).
Artist: Ram Waeerkar.

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

NAMASTHAI, SAFETY MATCHES,AMW,ARIMPUR MATCH WORKS VELUTHUR, TRICHUR. Color printed matchbox label, vertical, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, mid-late 20^th C, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.178.001]

(FRIEND OF THE NATION) (INDIGENOUS MATCHSTICKS) (SARVAMANGALA BHANDAR). Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.038.015]

PEACOCK. SAFETY MATCHES. 50'S PRICE 15 PS. 50'S. SRI VIJAYAKUMAR MATCH WOKS. GUDIYATTAM PHONE 714. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.245.005]

PIN. DAMP PROOF. SAFETY MATCHES. PRICE: 12 N.P. 50'S. RAMU MATCH WORKS, TIRUMANGALAM. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.259.005]

 

Chhatrapati Shivaji (On Horse) by B. G. Sharma, c. 1970, Sharma Picture, 12.5 x 18 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#434]

RAJINI, WAX MATCHES, 50’s PRICE 40 Ps., THIRUTHANI MATCH FACTORY, S.L.PATTY – 624 006, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm each broad side, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [20.038.008]

Fig. 16: Padkaar, Kanu Bhagdev, novel cover.

Fig. 04: "Arise, let’s confront the challenge" announces this card, urging the people to fight against foreign elements such as Muslims, Christians, MNCs, corruption, cow-slaughter and so on. Issued by Lok Jagran Abhiyan, Uttar Pradesh.

This temple located in Maredpally is dedicated to Nalla Pochamma. On one side of the entrance is Pothuraju, her brother. The red mound in front of the shrine is his shrine. This temple is viewed as the cause of traffic problems as it juts onto the narrow road. The residents of the locality, however, have petitioned the GHMC (Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation) against demolishing the shrine. Digital Photograph, Joe Christopher, Hyderabad, 2008.

Fig. 23: Drohkaal (for 11.05.95, ABP, p.8),

Fig. 11: Rural scene, magazine illustration, date not known. Collection: S. Marieswaran.

Fig. 22: Textile ticket with an image labeled Akbar Sa Badsa (Emperor Akbar) late 19th-early 20th century, Kerr Tarruck Company, Calcutta, Karachi and Bombay; Steiner Mill, Manchester. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 18: Good morning. A young girl in western school uniform emerges from a product wrapper (possibly for biscuits) to wish Good Morning (Artist: unknown, Publisher: Jothi).