Fig. 10: Rama kills Tataka. Panels from Valmiki’s Ramayana (1975).
Artist: Pratap Mullick.

Untitled (probably Bharat Mata) by Ravi Varma, painting, 20 x 15 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

Subhashchandra Bose ki Apoorb Bhent (unique sacrifice of Subhashchandra Bose), c. 1945, Sham Sundar Lal, Cawnpore, 23 x 27.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#424]

SAFETY MATCHES DESIGN, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm. Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [13.044.001]

NIGHTINGALE. NIMCO. NATIONAL INDIAN MATCH CO. DINDIGUL. SAFETY MATCHES. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.200.001]

 

NELCO JYOTI (Also in Hindi Text). 50'S PRICE 20 PS. SAFETY MATCHES. Service indl. Co ops. NELCO. SRI SORNAVINAYAGAR MATCH WORKS, KAYATHAR. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.195.004]
 

Subhash Chandra Bose, c. 1980. J.B.Khanna & Co., Madras. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#402]

MAJID (mosque). BEST QUALITY. PRICE. RE. 0.06. GULABJAN MATCH FACTORY, SATTUR, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.121.004]

Fig. 36: CHOLI MEIN DOL BAJE (Drums beat in the blouse). Singer: Saira Bano Faizabadi. Publisher: SMILE VCD.

Fig. 34: Sleeping Hindoo Woman. A typical 'Native Types' postcard. Printed by Gobind Ram Oodey Ram, Jaipur. From the Priya Paul Collection.

Fig. 25. "Away from your home, you are still with your near and dear ones. Connect to anywhere in the gulf with Airtel", says the actor Shahrukh Khan to the Arab tourists visiting Mumbai during the monsoon. They are made at home not only through a roaming mobile connection, but also the Muslim identity of the actor! Photo by Yousuf Saeed (Mumbai, August 2007) Translation from Arabic by Arshad Amanullah.

Bharat Mata in shackles. Print bearing the signature of D. Banerjee. Publication information not known, October 1941. Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.