Fig. 11: Cover of the Hindi novel Uske sajan (Her Lover) by Raj Hans.

Fig. 02: "Today we can't afford sugar, what a dark rule Congress has had", an election campaign by the Bhartiya Janata Party, stressing on the rising inflation that has affected everyone. "The BJP promises to bring some sweetness in the lives of the people, 2009.

Figure 11: News of Russo-Japanese Battles: For the Fourth Time Our Destroyers Bravely Attack Enemy Ships Outside the Harbour of Port Arthur, by Migita Toshihide, 1904, woodblock print (three oban sheets).

Swatantrata ki Bhent, Amar Shaheed Yatindranath Das (sacrifice of freedom, immortal martyr Jatindranath Das) by Roop Kishor Kapoor, c. 1929, Shyamsunderlal, Cawnpore, 19 x 24.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

RAJASTHAN'S GREAT, DELUXE, DELUXE, SMTC, PRICE 7 NP, MFG.: , FOR: SHRI SHIV MATCH TRADING CO. NASIRABAD.(RAJ.) (RAJASTHAN), (NIYOJOKI MATCH WORKS, PALANKOTTAI). Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India,[2.310.003]

SIVAJI. SRI RAM MATCH WORKS. MADE IN SOUTH INDIA.Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.105.006]
 

PONN-MEEN (Also in Tamil Text). PRICE RE. 0.0.6. JAYAKAR MATCH WORKS SRIVILLIPUTTUR. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.270.005]

RATHAM. DIAMOND MATCH INDUSTRIES TIRUMANGALAM. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.322.003]

 

MILITARY CHIEFS, SAFETY MATCHES, 50’S PRICE 15 Ps, GANAPATHY MATCH WORKS, VETTUVANAM NA, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c.., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.146.003]

INDEPENDENCE, 15-8-47, SAFETY MATCHES, THE MODERN MATCH INDUSTRIES, GUDIYATTAM, NA. DT. Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.049.004]

The ghatam or ceremonial pot is made by members of the Meddar and the Kummar community. The ghatam is taken in a procession around the shrine during the festival week. It is later immersed in a water body. Traditional pot makers or kumarollu are responsible for the decoration of the ghatam. They are also expected to provide the special vessels in which the chief priest offers bonam to the deity. Digital Photograph, Tirupathi, Hyderabad, 2008.

Fig. 12: Cover of the Hindi novel Koi Ghulam Nahin (No One is a Slave) by Reema Bharati.