“ALAM-ARA” ALL TALKING, SINGING AND DANCING, GANDHI-IRWIN MATCH WORKS, SATTUR, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [20.024.001]

Cover of the book LABELS of EMPIRE: Textile Trademarks. Windows into India in the time of the Raj.

Fig. 55: CHHAMMAK CHHALLO (Gaudily decked-up woman). Singer: Tarabano Faizabadi. Publisher: GANGA VCD.

Fig. 05: Zeenat Aman (from O P Ralhan’s Paapi, for 16.02.77, Cinema Jugantar, n.p.)

Fig. 03: Greeting card purchased on the street in Kolkata in 2010 with a pop-out image of the Taj Mahal. c. 2009 Photograph: Catherine and Frederick Asher.

Fig. 02: Diwali image of Goddess Lakshmi with lamps. Artist and publisher unknown.

Shri Shivchhatrapati Rajyabhisheka (coronation of Shivaji), c. 1970, CSPP Sharma Picture, Oleograph. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

MAHARANA, Price RE. 0.06, SRI BALASUBRAMANIAM MATCH WORKS – KOVILPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, 3.5 cmx 5 cm, mid-late 20^th C, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.118.003]

SADAKOBAR, SAFETY MATCHES, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm. Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [13.052.002]

PARROT. SAFETY MATCH. DAMP PROOF. BEST QUALITY. PRICE 15 PS. S.N. MATCH WORKS. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.235.002]

 

PALUM PALAMUM. PRICE RE. 0.0.6. MONERU MATCH FACTORY E MUTHULINGAPURAM. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.221.005]
 

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]