Framed pictures at the Priya Paul collection. Photo by DAG team.

Participants exploring the objects at Priya Paul collection. Photo by DAG team.

Art objects filed in drawers at the Priya Paul collection. Photo by Yousuf Saeed.

Yousuf Saeed and Patricia Uberoi at Priya Paul's house in Delhi.

Grasim rayon factory, Nagda, Madhya Pradesh (M.P.), c. 1980. Photo by Christopher Pinney.

Villagers with an idol of goddess Kali, Bhatisudha, M.P., c. 2000. Photo by Christopher Pinney.

A poster seller on the street, c. 2000. Photo by Christopher Pinney.

Kali, poster, artist K.C. Prakas, c. 1990. Collection of Christopher Pinney.

A resident of Bhatisudha, M.P., with religious posters on her home wall, c. 1990. Photo by Christopher Pinney.

The office of Brijbasi Art Press at Fatehpuri mosque, Chandni Chowk, Delhi, c. 2000. Photo by Christopher Pinney.

Jai Hind, Netaji ka Jeewan (Hail India, the life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose), chromolithograph, Artist Suchiram, Nathdwara, Hemchander Bhargav, Dariba, Delhi. c. 1980. Collection of Christopher Pinney.

Chitramay Jagat, a Marathi magazine with an advertisement of Chitrashala Steam Press, Poona, Sept. 1911.

Sarasvati, chromolithograph, Calcutta Art Studio, Calcutta. c. 1890.

Lord Krishna, S.S. Brij Basi & Sons, Bunder Road, Karachi, printed in Germany, c. 1930. Collection of Christopher Pinney.

Packing stickers of fireworks from Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, c. 1990. From the Priya Paul collection, New Delhi.