Fig. 09: "If your vote is divided, the communal forces will win", an ad of Samajwadi party, showing leader Mulayam Singh (bottom) with a Muslim cap, while the top panel shows BJP leaders making fiery speeches. "Who can suppress the snake of communalism?" asks the poster, suggesting Mulayam Singh as the only saviour of Muslims. 2009.

Picturing the Intimate Enemy, Or Kali for Men: The Aesthetics of Masculinity from the Rani of Jhansi to the Indian National Army (Christopher Pinney)

Fig. 13: Rana Pratap Singh, by V.M. Shintre, chromolithograph, published by Modern Litho Works, Bombay, 1937.

Shaheed Khudiram, c. 1935, published possibly by RAC, Calcutta, Chromolithograph, 15 x 20 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

RHINO FIGHT, PRICE RE. 0.06, VIJAYALAKSHMI MATCH WORKS KOVILPATTI.  Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.338.003]

KISAN, IMI, INDIAN MATCH INDUSTRIES TIRUTHANGAL SAFETY MATCHES.  Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th c ,3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady collection, New Delhi, India. [19.108.003]

PORKUIL. PRICE RE. 0.0.6. THIRUMALAI MATCH WORKS, VENKATACHALAPURAM. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.271.001]

RATH. DELUXE. JMVP. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.322.005]

 

LEENA, RETAIL PRICE RE.0.0.6., THE BHARATH MATCH WORKS, SIVAKASI, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.053.005]

INDEPENDENCE, PRICE. RE. 0-0-6, SAFETY MATCH, MADE IN INDIA, JOTHI MATCH WORKS, SATTUR, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.051.004]

A devotee offering bonam to the mother. Digital Photograph, Tirupathi, Hyderabad, 2008.

Fig. 14: Cover of the Hindi novel 48 inch ka Hitler (A 48-inch Hitler) by Keshav Pandit (Dheeraj Pocket Books).