Fig. 11. Meena Kumari in Bahu Begum, a face that has often been used in Bombay films to depict a Muslim woman as an aristocratic beloved, daughter-in-law, or courtesan. Producer: Jan Nisar Akhtar, 1970.

Fig. 03: Nav varsh mangalmay ho (May the new year be auspicious). A new year card showing a devotee making an offering to Mother India, produced by a Hindutva organization. Also see: http://www.tasveerghar.net/cmsdesk/essay/57/index.html

Fig. 04: Alauddin’s plot. Panel from Amar Chitra Katha’s Padmini (1973).
Artist: Ram Waeerkar.

Ashtabhuja Devi (Durga slaying Mahishasur), c. 1910, Ravi Varma Press, Karla-Lonavla and Anant Shivaji Desai, Mumbai, chromolithograph, 24.5 x 34.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

Netaji Subhashchandra Bose by S. Manohar, c. 1945, N.R. Sunthankar, Belgaum, 20 x 25.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#418]

SRI ANDAL, PRICE RE 0.06, SAFETY MATCHES, SELVARAJ MATCH WORKS, SRIVILLIPUTTUR, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm. Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [13.041.002]

NATIONAL PARK. PRICE RE. 0.07. SAFETY MATCHES THE GOLDEN MATCH INDSTRIES GIDIYATTAM.  Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.188.001]

NATHAM. DELUXE. SUPERIOR MATCHES. SAFETY MATCHES. 50'S PRICE 30 PS. INDRANI MATCH WORKS. O'METTUPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.185.003]

 

1984 by Amrit Kaur Singh, c. 1998, Painting.  Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#353]

MADINA, RAJAN MATCH WORKS, K.V.KUPPAM. N.A., Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.067.005]

Fig. 30: BHOJPURI MIRCHI (Bhojpuri Chilli). Singer: Tara Bano Faizabadi. Publisher: T-SERIES MUSIC CASSETTE.

Fig. 29: Charleville Hotel, Massoori (India). Mussoorie had a reputation for leisure unfettered by official censure, in contrast to Simla which was much more restrained by bureaucratic protocol. An army medical officer recalled at the turn of the century that the hotel rang a (warning) bell at 6 a.m. to alert residents to return to their rooms, presumably after an evening of debauchery, to avoid scandal. Published by H.A.Mirza & Sons, Delhi. Made in Germany (unused postcard).