PEACE BIRD. PRICE 6 NP. KANAGAM MATCHWORKS. MELTUR. ELAIRAMPANNAI P.O. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.243.001]

Fig. 01: "Let's dance to the rhythm of love" Greeting card, February 2010. Image courtesy: Archies, New Delhi.

AMITH, 50’s PRICE 25 NP., SAFETY MATCHES, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [20.026.010]

PAYUMPULI. RE. 0-0-6. SRI KUMARAN MATCH WORKS PERUNDURAI. SAFETY MATCHES. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.242.002]

Fig. 29: Swagat. A stylized Ganesh in the shape of an Aum. Such images are commonly found on greeting cards and wedding invitations (Publication details unavailable)

Fig. 06. Dev and Rasika. A screenshot. Dev D. Dir. Anurag Kashyap, Anurag Kashyap Films, UTV Motion Pictures, UTV Spotboy, Moser Baer Entertainment, DVD, 2009.

Fig. 38: The threat to the pure Hindu woman. Panel from Amar Chitra Katha’s Padmini (1973). Artist: Ram Waeerkar.

ANUMAN, SAFETY MATCHES, PRICE RE 0.06, SRIJANAKIRAM MATCH WORKS, TIRUPPARANBUNDRAM, MADURAI 5, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm. Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [13.055.003]

Fig. 06: Kaal Kundali, artist N. Manwar, novel cover.

Fig. 12: Rakhi (for 21.7.95. Cinema Jugantar, P.8. A still from Tapasya, produced by Rajashri Productions)

Fig. 10: Vaijantimala Bali in a dancing posture.

Fig. 11: Vaijantimala Bali by a window, with her head covered. (Publicity still released by Gemini Studios for the film Zindagi).

Fig. 13: Zeenat Aman (for Cinema ABP, n.d)

Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.233.006]

 

Mir Jafar, c. 1900, Chitrashala Poona, Oleograph, 70 x 50 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.